Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research : Report of a Workshop

This report summarizes discussions and insights from the workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research held March 23-24, 1998, in Irvine, California. The workshop was organized by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss barriers to university-industry cooperation and to explore concrete approaches to overcoming them. Practitioners from universities and industry, as well as government policy makers, participated in the two-day workshop. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Trends in University-Industry Research Collaboration3 Barriers and Lessons of Effective Practices4 Possible Future TasksAppendix A. Francis Via PresentationAppendix B. Teri Willey PresentationAppendix C. University-Industry Collaborations Discussed at the WorkshopAppendix D. Workshop AgendaAppendix E. Workshop ParticipantsEndnotes