WHOI-90-52

Background
New Allances and Partnerships in American Science and Engineerig
Dr. Don i. Philips
Government-University-Industr Resech Roundtable
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
All setors of soiety -- the federa government, state governments, industr, universities, and
the general public -- have a growing interest in the capacity of science and engineering to
contrbute to the international competitive posture of the Unite States. The setors have two
principa expetations of the enterprise:
1. Advancement of knowledge, and education and trning of the next generation of
scientists and engineers; and
2. Achievement of speific national and loc goals and the development of new
products and procsses.
The vitaty of the enterprise is determined by the extent to which it ca meet these demands and
opportunities.
University-industr alliances are suggeste as one meas through which the scientific and
engineering enterprise ca enhance its abilty to fulfill the send expetation. This paper
examines these alliances from three perspetives: 1) operational charcteristics and procures;
2) priciples guiding the contractu terms and conditions between the pares; and 3) the impact
of these alliances on universities, industr, and competitiveness.
Observations Ql University-Industr Allances
Three centr themes have emerged from Roundtable inquiries into University-industry
cooperative programs.
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27Government-University-Industr Resech Roundtable, Academy Industr Program,
National Academy of Sciences, New Allances and partrships in American Science and
Engineering. National Academy Press 1986).
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