2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 16 - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (§§ 1861 - 1887)
Section 1862p-10 - Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 16 - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sec. 1862p-10 - Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research |
Contains | section 1862p-10 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-358, title V, §520, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4016. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 4016 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 111-358 |
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Any institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001(a) 1 of title 20) that receives National Science Foundation research support and has received at least $25,000,000 in total Federal research grants in the most recent fiscal year shall keep, maintain, and report annually to the National Science Foundation the universal record locator 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—
(1) contact information for individuals and university offices responsible for technology transfer and commercialization;
(2) information for both university researchers and industry on the institution's technology licensing and commercialization strategies;
(3) success stories, statistics, and examples of how the university supports commercialization of research results;
(4) technologies available for licensing by the university where appropriate; and
(5) any other information deemed by the institution to be helpful to companies with the potential to commercialize university inventions.
(b) NSF websiteThe National Science Foundation shall create and maintain a website accessible to the public that links to each website mentioned under (a).
(c) Trade secret informationNotwithstanding subsection (a), an institution shall not be required to reveal confidential, trade secret, or proprietary information on its website.
(Pub. L. 111–358, title V, §520, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4016.)
References in TextSection 1001(a) of title 20, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “section 101(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))”, and was translated as reading “section 101(a)” of that Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010, and also as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.
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