1. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions Russ Metler Patent Advisor Technology Transfer Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast FLC Awards Committee Member

2. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Follow directions q Address specific criteria q Cut and paste with caution q Duplication wastes time and irritates judges q Write in simple language q Judges from different technical backgrounds q Graphics can be helpful

3. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Patents and licenses not necessary q Alternative tech transfer methods recognized q Tell judges why method used q Lab policy not to seek patents and/or licenses q Other mechanism more appropriate q Plant Variety Protection Certificate q Trademark q Encourage free distribution

4. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Difficulties overcome q Often most inspiring part of nomination q Shows persistence, ingenuity, toil q Foreign travel q Harsh climatic conditions q Time constraints q Forging relationships outside of lab

5. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Describe impact q Economic q Not just revenues generated by license q Jobs created q Enabling future work on promising technology q Research q Publications q Citations in literature q Number of material transfers

6. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Describe impact (continued) q Harm avoided q Loss of crops q Decrease in human disease q Drop in occupational injury or death rates q Other recognition q Awards by other organizations q Wide spread adoption of technology

7. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Volunteer for Awards Committee q Assure your perspective is heard q Need diversity q More than just gender or race q Life sciences vs. physical sciences q Military vs. health q Agriculture vs. information technology

8. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Volunteer for Awards Committee (continued) q Learn by evaluating winning nominations q Only short time investment q Nominations are interesting to read

9. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Volunteer for Awards Committee (continued) q Learn how to better promote your lab’s technologies and award nominations q Use SE FLC nominations as stepping stone for National FLC nominations q Awards from one organization enhance award nominations to other organizations

10. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Random thoughts on nominations and awards q Inventors are very flattered, even to be nominated q Often willing to help write the nomination q Treat coinventors equally q Inventorship is different than authorship q Avoids jealousy and resentment q Provide document for inventors q Letter or certificate for personnel file q Frame and hang on wall q Certificate vs. bowl

11. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Random thoughts on nominations and awards q Throughout the year, keep an eye out for q Potential nominees q Technologies that have won other awards q Licenses executed q Technologies with wide spread use q Press releases q Oral or poster presentations at conferences

12. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Winning Strategies for Award Submissions q Be in the game -- you can’t win if you don’t play q Submit nominations to regional and national levels GOOD LUCK!