Boston Globe: Harvard woos firms to fund research
With government research funding slowing and its scientific ambitions on the rise, Harvard University has launched a drive to commercialize more of its inventions and attract additional research money from private companies.
It recently created a high-ranking new post to oversee the effort and plans to establish a $10 million fund aimed at moving inventions from the laboratory to the marketplace. Harvard is also talking to local companies about investing more in the university’s science research.
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