The FLC Spotlight is a new bi-weekly thematic newsletter highlighting issues of interest to the FLC and its partners.
This Week's Spotlight: How FLC players are incentivizing innovation
As the national economy slows in response to COVID-19, the pool of potential T2 partners for federal laboratories is dwindling. That’s why it’s more important than ever for federal labs and agencies to provide incentives for industry players to help commercialize federal technologies.
As Will Roper, the Air Force Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, said last week: “We’ve got to send a message loud and clear that innovation is not a COVID-19 victim.”
This inaugural FLC Spotlight provides a sampling of federal funding efforts currently under way to incentivize innovation.