GAO report underscores challenges of measuring benefits of federal T2
Tech transfer professionals know that performance measurement is one of the most challenging aspects of T2. A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concurs, recommending intensified efforts to measure tech transfer and commercialization outcomes and to align those outcome measures with lab and agency objectives. Learn more.
IDA report documents growth in DoD use of PIAs for tech transfer
Use of partnership intermediary agreements (PIAs) within the Department of Defense (DoD) has grown considerably in the last five years, according to a report prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Science & Technology Policy Institute (SPTI). The report, which was posted on the IDA website on February 3, analyzed PIA utilization trends within the DoD and made recommendations to improve the T2 tool's use. Learn more.
Advanced Micronutrition brings USDA-developed micronutrient bar to market
A new micronutrient- and fiber-packed bar that improves metabolic health markers from cholesterol to blood sugar to inflammation is now on the market. The new bar is based on a unique formula developed by scientists with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). Learn More.
NASA’s Perseverance technologies pay off back home on Earth
A laser-light sensor that can identify bacteria in a wound may sound far-fetched, but it’s already becoming a reality, thanks in part to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Exploration Program. Learn more.
NIH picks TNPRC to lead national COVID-19 research partnership
The National Institutes of Health has selected Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) to lead a new partnership between the seven federally funded National Primate Research Centers to combine their efforts to accelerate promising COVID-19 vaccine and drug research. Learn More.
NIH-led study finds COVID-19 antibodies in 4.6% of those never diagnosed
By July of 2020, 16.8 million people in the US had COVID-19 -- and didn’t know it, according to a study led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published ahead of peer review by medRxiv on January 31. Learn More.
