10 May 2007

Survey results | Industry–university collaboration | Europe | US | ProtTon Europe

European university-industry collaboration speeds ahead of US

Science|Business reporting

A Europe-wide survey has found that European collaboration between industry and universities outstrips that of the US. The survey, carried out by Proton Europe, compared information from European university knowledge transfer offices affiliated to European Public Research Organisations with tech-transfer data from the American AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers).

“Taking into account the under-representation of Nordic countries, and even Germany, contract research in Europe is clearly above that of the US in 2005,” said Fernando Conesa, CTT deputy director and survey analyst, “In Europe, contract research...

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