Epilogue: Messages to Administrators and Commercialization Staff

Abstract

We have primarily written for academic researchers, and we now offer some thoughts to those with whom they work. As Vice Presidents, Provosts, Deans, and Department Chairs, you lead discussions to set policies that affect the way researchers think and behave. Throughout our book we have referenced policies concerning intellectual property, conflicts of interest, revenue-sharing, and the like. These policies are important to your institution’s agenda of translating research to the society at large, to be sure. Now we encourage you to examine all your policies to assess whether in fact they encourage researchers to ...