The Value of Cross-Sector Collaboration

November 8, 2012

NPSMA 3rd National ConferenceDenver, Colorado

Susan Sloan, Director, GUIRR

Productivity growth depends on two things: a well-trained workforce, and new ideas. Each of those requires investment. I would argue that we are under-investing in research and development in every sector of our economy, drastically under-investing…. It is a societal problem. It is not just a congressional problem or an administrative problem.

– Rush Holt, U.S. Representative from New Jersey NRC’s Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later (April 2008)

< Gross domestic expenditure on R&D, 1999 and 2009

R&D Intensity = R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP.

Used as an indicator of an economy’s

relative investment in generatingnew knowledge. Israel has the highest

R&D intensity.

Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011

Shares of U.S. R&D expenditures by performing sector and source of funds, 2009

(Source: National Science Foundation, NCSES, 2009 Data Update)

Performing Sector

Universities and colleges

13.6%

Other nonprofit

organizations 4.4%

Federal government

11.5%

Business 70.5%

Source of Funds

Business 61.7%

Federal government

31.1%

Other nonprofit

organizations 3.4%

Universities and colleges

2.9%

Nonfederal government

0.9%

The Research Landscape in the United States

19%BASIC

63.2%DEVELOPMENT

17.8%APPLIED

Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2011.National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2009 Data Update.

Three Main Sectors

Federal Government

• Support of government labs

• Grants to universities or private research labs

• Primary funder of basic research (~53% of all U.S. basic research) but only conducts a small fraction of all the basic research in the U.S.

College and University System

• Conduct about half of all the basic research in the U.S. but fund a relatively small amount of this research

Private Sector

• Funds and conducts most of the applied R&D activity • 2009 business R&D share of the U.S. total was 62%

The Research “Ecosystem”

Federal Government

Trained workers

Research to commercialization

Private Sector Colleges and

Universities

Funding for researchRoyalties

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity

Why collaborate? To what value?

• To improve and increase efficiencies• To meet previously identified policy, development, or

infrastructure goals• To effectively identify barriers to scientific innovation and

competitiveness in the global marketplace• To create value for investors• To educate students and contribute to the development of a

well-trained workforce• To create and disseminate knowledge• To provide goods and services• To drive innovation and expand the state-of-the-art• To foster economic development• And ultimately, to realize a win-win for all involved parties

It’s important to

PARTNER WITH A PURPOSE

Building Trust and Mutual Understanding Really Matters and Takes Time

Keys to successful collaboration

• Shared vision – supports the mission of each partner• Clarity regarding the distinct and additive roles of

each partner• Commitment to a long-term relationship• Frequent and effective communications• Creativity and resilience in overcoming obstacles

and removing transactional barriers• Humility and honesty• TRUST

Federal Programs that Encourage Collaboration and Speed the Movement of Ideals from Basic Science Lab

to Commercial Application(non-exhaustive list)

• The Department of Commerce’s i6 Challenge Grants• The Administrations’ Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP)• NIH’s new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

(NCATS) • NSF’s recently established I-Corps program• NSF’s Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program• NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research (I/UCRC) program• NSF’s Grants Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

(GOALI) program• Two congressionally mandated small business research programs:

SBIR and STTR

Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR)

• Joint body of the NAS, NAE, and IOM

• Created in 1984 “to convene senior-most representatives from government, university, and industry to define and explore critical issues related to the national and global science and technology agenda”

• Roundtable convenes 3x yearly in Washington, DC

• Meetings designed around topics that are often newly emerging at the leadership level in one sector but impact/involve/affect other sectors

Membership• COUNCIL MEMBERS: The three presidents of the National Academies, the

heads of major federal R&D agencies (for non-R&D agencies, the head of the largest R&D-performing subdivision), and a small selection of university presidents and industry CEOs as appointed by the National Academies presidents.

NIH * NSF * DOD * USDA * FDA * DOC-NIST * DOC-NOAA *

EPA * DHS * NASA * DOE * OSTP * U.S. Dept. of State

• COUNCIL ASSOCIATES: Designated by individual federal agency heads as their alternate representative to GUIRR.

• UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERS: Representatives from U and I with a history of partnership and dedication to the research enterprise. Act, in effect, as “antennae” to bring into discussion the most current ideas and issues facing G-U-I research cooperation across the country.

– Join as paired partners– Pay annual dues– Currently 22 partner organizations (44 individual member organizations)

GUIRR U-I Partners• Agilent Technologies Inc.• Battelle • The Boeing Company• Chevron Energy Technology Company• Dynetics• Elsevier• Hewlett-Packard• IBM • Intel Corporation• John Deere & Co.• Lockheed Martin Corporation• Mars, Inc.• Noblis• Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems• Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory• Raytheon Company• Semiconductor Research Corporation• Siemens• Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)• Textron Defense Systems• PENDING

• University of Michigan • The Ohio State University• Georgia Institute of Technology• University of Southern California• Auburn University• Purdue University• University of California-Los Angeles• Stanford University• University of California-Berkeley• Iowa State University• University of Maryland• University of California-Davis• George Washington University• Massachusetts Institute of Tech• California Institute of Technology• Washington State University• University of Massachusetts• University of Texas at Austin• Princeton University• University of Texas at San Antonio• Northeastern University• Drexel University

Recent Meeting Topics• Reimagining the University

• Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty

• Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging Population

• The Impact of Social Networking and Crowdsourcing on Research, the Enterprise, and the Workforce

• Charting a Return to ‘Way Out There’ Research and Risk-Taking at the Edges

• Cybersecurity in the Coming Decade: Using Security to Support the Value of Intellectual Property

• Geoengineering: Contemplating the Issues and the Need for Research

• WATER: Quality, Quantity, and the Need for Innovative Technologies

• Sensors: From Sea to Space – Innovations and Implications for the Future

• Diminishing Natural Resources: Recognizing Limitations, Responding to the Challenges

• Maximizing U.S. Returns on Shared Knowledge: Innovative Frameworks for Full Global Engagement

• Perspectives on the ‘Global Food Crisis’ (Part II – emphasis on food safety)

• Food Security – Global Challenges and Directions

• New Partnerships on a Global Platform

• Flying Over the Valley of Death: Accelerating from Discovery to Product

Current and Past Projects

• Special Interest Webinars

• International Research Collaborations (I-Group)

• Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location – Revisited

• Food Safety and National Defense

• Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions

• Managing Large-Scale Data Sets

GUIRRSusan Sloan

www.nas.edu/guirr

Federal Demonstration Partnership

(FDP)David Wright

University-Industry Demonstration Partnership

(UIDP)Anthony Boccanfuso

Purpose: To reduce the administrative burdens associated with research grants and contracts.

www.thefdp.org

Purpose: To nourish and expand collaborativepartnerships between universities and industry

in the United States.www.uidp.org

Policy and Global Affairs (PGA)

Richard Bissell

Mission: Continually improve the culture of university-industry relationships in order to increase the number and breadth of mutually

beneficial research collaborations and to enhance U.S. competitiveness through deepened understanding and cooperation.

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Core Missions

The Challenge of Partnering –Different Currencies

IndustryCreate Value for InvestorsProvide Useful Goods/ServicesExpand State of the Art

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Different CulturesINDUSTRY

• Protective

• Proprietary

• Tight, goal-driven timelines

• The “bottom line”

UNIVERSITY

• Free exchange of ideas

• Stewardship role of public universities

• Academic calendar

• Knowledge creation and dissemination

• No bottom line

Source: Jennifer Murphy, Asst VP for Research and Economic Development / Director, Technology Transfer, George Mason University, 2011

Operational Goals

• Support organizations committed to high value, high return university-industry partnerships

• Promote principled, transparent and timely negotiations

• Pursue efficiency and effectiveness, seeking to streamline transactions

• Maintain and grow a cross functional set of UIDP projects and demonstrations that serve the needs of the members and other interested parties who sponsor and perform research

• Provide timely communications on relevant issues

A diverse and broad membership

UIDP Projects

Successful projects & demonstrations are at

heart of what UIDP seeks to accomplish

on behalf of its members

23© 2012 Anthony Boccanfuso

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Conflict of Interest

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Business AdvisingWebinarsResearcher GuideMeasures and Metrics

Pharma Portal

Recent Projects

Courtesy of Wayne Johnson © 2009 Anthony Boccanfuso

How do you leverage these diverse activities???How do you leverage these diverse activities???

GUIRR: www.nas.edu/guirr

UIDP: www.uidp.org

FDP: www.thefdp.org

Susan SloanDirector, GUIRRssloan@nas.edu1-202-334-1706

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