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...

Meetings SEE MORE MEETINGS		GUIRR NEWS more... Jacques Gansler Nominated To Serve as Next GUIRR University Co-Chair USDA’s Catherine Woteki Named to GUIRR Executive Committee Erik Antonsson Named to GUIRR Executive Committee Newest GUIRR U-I Partners: Temple University and Comcast-NBCUniversal MEMBER NEWS more... NSF Joins Forces with Intel and GE to Move the Needle in Producing U.S. Engineers and Computer Scientists Erik Antonsson named Corporate Director of Technology for Northrop Grumman SOLICITATIONS more... NIH Director's Biomedical Research Workforce Innovation Award: Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Deadline: May 10, 2013 NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2014  (SBIR) Deadline: June 11, 2013 NSF Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2014  (STTR) Deadline: June 13, 2013
The next GUIRR meeting will be held June 24-25, 2013 on "Infrastructure: The Cost of Doing Nothing."  Read more... *********************************** Future Meeting Dates: June 24-25, 2013 October 21-22, 2013 February 24-25, 2014	Recent Meetings A Patent System for a New Innovation Ecosystem Reimagining the University
Webinars SEE MORE WEBINARS
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 1:00 pm EDT Interested in advanced manufacturing? Join our upcoming webinar to learn about how the NNMI initiative is working to enhance this field. Read more...  Free webinar but advanced registration is required.	Recent Webinars Catalyzing Innovation: NIH NCATS MIT Production in the Innovation Economy Report NSF Small Business Programs

GUIRR Supported Initiatives

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...

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.