The Advanced Science and Technology Institute is a support institute for research faculty and staff at **State University and University of AnyState. It also supports AnyState Health Sciences University and AnyCity State University in their management of new discoveries. This support covers the management, development and management of new discoveries with potential commercial applications.
** (Editor’’s Note : Names may be disguised for confidentiality.
1.1 Keys to Success
- Stabilizing a strong support network with the private sector for State and Northwest.
- Creating an effective network between researchers to facilitate cross-disciplinary contact.
- ASTI should be considered a one-stop resource for all technology transferable that is being developed at the four largest universities in the State.
1.2 Mission
ASTI’s mission involves bringing technology from **State University and University of AnyState, AnyState Health Sciences University (AnyCity State University) into public use. It provides economic development assistance to federal agencies and companies that benefit State constituents. Additionally, it serves the technology transfer staff of each institution by providing support in identifying and protecting, developing, and transferring technology to private sector. ASTI’’s unique perspective comes from its ability to bring together researchers from multiple institutions in order to develop new technologies that can then go to the private sector.
Historically, State has received less attention from companies that develop long-term relationships with the university research community. State is located south of the University of AnyState and north of the SouthernState universities. This has made it difficult for the state to reach the viability required to attract the attention of companies from outside the state.
It’s an issue of scale economy. It is currently available for licensing at any of the following universities: AnyState University; University of AnyState; AnyState Health Sciences University; and AnyCity State University. One university in SouthernState, The University of Southern State (USS), has over 200 technologies available for licensing. USS received $20M in corporate research funding in the last year. This is more than the $3 million in total corporate research funding received by the four State schools during the same time period. The State Technology Center in State has received $91 million from private sources for technology transfer. It is vital that all four universities of State work together to draw corporate attention and support their excellent researchers.
It is ASTI’s mission to create a resource for the private sector that rivals USC by providing an aggressive one-stop center for all the pivotal research that is occuring in State.
1.3 Objectives
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Create a 42-member corporate support council for research and to increase corporate membership in ASTI’s Technology Development Council by 20% each.
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Facilitate 2 new industry sponsored research deals in the first 12 months and increase the number every year.
- Create new research linkages between the four campuses and develop new collaborative relationships between researchers.
- Develop a cross-disciplinary research database that will link researchers throughout the state.
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