Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information National Science Foundation Science & Technology Centers Program Bryn Mawr Howard MIT Princeton Purdue Stanford UC Berkeley UC San Diego UIUC Emerging Frontiers of Science of Information Industrial Partners Program

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners Program Nature of Program Benefits to Stakeholders Recruitment Initiatives Initiation and Operation

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners Program Industrial Affiliates Support for Individual Research Initiatives Fellowships for Students Internships, externships, and researcher in residence In-kind Support for Center Activities Entrepreneurial Ventures Other Interactions

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Affiliates Program Fee for membership (single level, $20K/year) Benefits Include: Membership in Industrial Advisory Board Invitation to all-hands meeting Access to students and post-docs Ability to evaluate and invest in specific projects Intellectual property

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Affiliates Program Benefits to the Center Small self-sustaining operational budget Industry perspective on research Employment opportunities for students Fellowships for students Additional funding for researchers

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners Program Non-affiliates program: Major organizational issues Must have industrial showcases Must orchestrate attendence in showcases Will need coordination mechanisms for constantly interacting with industrial partners

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners Program Recruiting partners Generating initial contact lists Road-show Industrial roundtable First roundtable held in spring Excellent feedback Formal invitations and contracts

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Recruiting Partners Local outreach in addition to Industrial Roundtable/ Road show Purdue efforts focused on Eli Lilly, Motorola, other Chicago/Indy based companies Can we coordinate such outreach across project sites?

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners Frame overview document Template agreements for individual support, fellowships, in-kind donations, etc. A coherent strategy for dealing with IP Centralized vs. Distributed agreements Agreements with the Center or with individual universities? How does the latter help the center/ leverage center activities as a whole?

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners: Progress First Industry Roundtable: Apr 5/ Participants from Bell Labs, Crane, Target, AFOSR, Boeing, Harris, Indiana Econ. Dev. Corp., Infosys, Lockheed Martin, Microsemi, MSR, Oracle, Dow, Intuit, Indigo Biosys., Qualcomm Technical talks, as well as organizational aspects of the program.

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners: Progress Excellent feedback from the roundtable, leading to specific action items. Followup meetings with a number of companies, more scheduled. Negotiations on with two organizations for funding specific initiatives at the Center.

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners: Action Items Further develop areas of the soihub for industry interactions Finalize consortium agreement Finalize template IP agreement Reach out to other companies not represented at the first roundtable

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Industrial Partners: Challenges Building a viable affiliates program (economy) Coordination across project sites Alternate models of interaction Small companies Partnerships in SBIR/STTR projects Technology transfer

Science & Technology Centers Program Center for Science of Information Thoughts/ Comments Most Welcome