Intellectual property and technology transfer issues are controversial and questions remain whether UIR policies promote or hinder research and technology innovation.
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Both the opportunities and the risks need to be examined and evaluated. UIRs bring new resources and opportunities into university research programs but also pose risks, such as hampered pursuit of knowledge and decreased communication between scholars about research findings. Effects on academic scientists' research agendas should be examined. Without such a baseline, it will remain difficult for all parties to measure the influence UIRs have on agricultural biotechnology. consumers, government officials, university and industry officials) can understand the range and scope of UIRs in agricultural biotechnology.
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The report identifies three themes the authors think researchers should use to guide further investigations on the topic: A better baseline should be developed so that all interested parties (e.g. Authored by professor David Ervin at Portland State University with contributions by other researchers, the report is based on a workshop funded by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology and research conducted under a grant from the U.S. It specifically outlines the need for information regarding influences on academic scientists' research agendas, the intellectual property rights and technology innovations involved in the relationships, as well as the unique role universities have in developing valuable technologies with little commercial promise.
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The report, University-Industry Relationships: Framing the Issues for Academic Research in Agricultural Biotechnology looks at the advantages and disadvantages to universities and academic scientists who engage in relationships with industry. More must be done to understand how academic researchers involved in agricultural biotechnology are impacted by a growing number of relationships with industry partners, concluded a new report released today by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology (the Pew Initiative) and Portland State University.