Section 520 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 requires higher education institutions that have NSF research support and at least $25,000,000 in total Federal research grants in the most recently completed Federal fiscal year to submit to NSF the universal record locator (URL) that contains information on their transfer of technology and commercialization of research results efforts.
The URLs are displayed as submitted to the National Science Foundation. Awardees are responsible for the information contained on these websites. NSF has not approved or endorsed the content of these websites.
This requirement is effective for all new awards and funding amendments to existing NSF grants awarded on or after February 1, 2012. It is implemented via an NSF award term and condition, which states:
“a. Any institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that receives National Science Foundation research support (i.e., any grant or cooperative agreement awarded by NSF) and has received at least $25,000,000 in total Federal research grants in the most recently completed Federal fiscal year shall keep, maintain, and report annually to the National Science Foundation the universal record locator (URL) for a public website that contains information concerning its general approach to and mechanisms for transfer of technology and the commercialization of research results, including:
- contact information for individuals and university offices responsible for technology transfer and commercialization;
- information for both university researchers and industry on the institution's technology licensing and commercialization strategies;
- success stories, statistics, and examples of how the university supports commercialization of research results;
- technologies available for licensing by the university where appropriate; and
- any other information deemed by the institution to be helpful to companies with the potential to commercialize university inventions.
For purposes of determining whether an institution meets the threshold for this requirement, both the NSF research support and the Federal research grants must have been active at some point during the most recently completed Federal fiscal year.
The institution’s URL containing the information required in section a. must be electronically submitted to the following email alias: ACA520@nsf.gov . The URLs are available to the public on Research.gov at: http://www.research.gov/acasection520..
b. Trade Secret Information - Notwithstanding section a., an institution shall not be required to reveal confidential, trade secret, or proprietary information on its website.”
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