Technology Transfer
The USDOE Ames Laboratory is committed to developing and transferring technologies. Each year over the past decade, it has generated an average of 10 patents from DOE-supported research, and enters into about five technology license agreements and/or options. Collaborations between industry and the Ames Laboratory can help both parties meet their common technological objectives, while reducing development costs and risks. Knowing what to expect of a partnership with the Ames Laboratory can help both parties identify appropriate opportunities, negotiate agreements, and meet one another’s expectations.
For an interview with the Associate Laboratory Director for Sponsored Research Administration on the Importance of Technology Transfer please view the following video:
For more information on how you may work with the Laboratory, please read “Doing Business with the Ames Laboratory”.
What’s New…
May is National Inventor's Month--a month long event celebrating invention and creativity. National Inventor's Month was started in 1998 by the United Inventors Association of the USA (UIA-USA), the Academy of Applied Science, and Inventors' Digest Magazine.
February 12, 2012
Secretary Chu Announces Ames Laboratory Startup, IPAT, as a winner of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge
The Ames Laboratory wants to congratulate Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies, Inc. (IPAT), as one of the three winners of "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" Challenge. The Iowa based start up company entered into an option to license technology developed at the Ames Laboratory for titanium powder production, under the ANTEI program. To read about all three Start up Companies and the technologies they've optioned under the ANTEI initiative, go to: http://energy.gov/articles/secretary-chu-announces-winning-startup-companies-america-s-next-top-energy-innovator.
For information on the next round of the ANTEI program, see the announcement below dated January 31, 2012.
January 31, 2012
Secretary Chu Announces Second Round of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” on One Year Anniversary of the White House Startup America Initiative
Secretary Chu announces the second round of "America's Next Top Energy Innovator". The program, offers the opportunity for startup companies to obtain an option to license technologies developed at the National Laboratories. For information on how your company can access the DOE's portfolio of technologies available for licensing under ANTEI, go to: http://energy.gov/articles/secretary-chu-announces-second-round-america-s-next-top-energy-innovator-one-year
January 18, 2012
Iowa State University Launches Proof of Concept Initiative
A proof of concept initiative, launching this month at Iowa State, provides resources for innovative research and helps facilitate and accelerate the trasfer of the University's innovative research to the marketplace. A common application process will streamline evaluation for funding from several sources. Awards typically will range from $10,000 to $100,000, and projects must be complete within six to 12 months. Collaborators are: the ISU Research Park, Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, ISU Research Foundation and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. More information about the process, including the application form, is online at the ISU industry relations website.
