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NEW GUIRR Council Member Slate

In addition to the heads of the federal R&D agencies, a number of distinguished individuals have been newly appointed by the president of the National Academy of Sciences to serve on the GUIRR Council.  GUIRR’s effectiveness is reinforced through the participation of this august body. To view the full Council membership list, please click here.

For a full list of members (Council, Council Associate, and University-Industry Partners), please click here.

                                                                                                                                                   

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report in November 2008 entitled "University-Private Sector Research Partnerships in the Innovation Ecosystem."  In the report, GUIRR and its supported initiatives, FDP and UIDP, are cited as model frameworks. 
View the full report  (pdf)

                                                                                                                                                   

GUIRR

The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) provides a platform for leaders in science and technology from government, academia, and business to discuss and take action on scientific matters of national importance. These include issues facing partnerships between government, universities, and industry, the academic research enterprise, training of the scientific workforce, the effects of globalization on U.S. research, and others. More about GUIRR...

FDP

The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) is a GUIRR-supported cooperative initiative among 10 federal agencies and 120 institutional recipients of federal funds; its purpose is to reduce the administrative burdens associated with research grants and contracts. More about FDP...

UIDP

The purpose of the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), another GUIRR-supported initiative, is to nourish and expand collaborative partnerships between university and industry in the United States. The UIDP is crafting collaborative experiments on new approaches to sponsored research, licensing arrangements, and the broader strategic elements of a healthy, long-term university-industry relationship. More about UIDP.