EPA`s CRADA agreements: Sharing expertise with industry
Journal Article
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· EPA
OSTI ID:31861
In the past, legal and institutional barriers have hindered government/industry partnerships from developing and marketing technologies for preventing, controlling, or cleaning up pollution. Many companies, struggling to translate their ideas into innovative technologies, have been held back by lack of access to scientific experts in a particular field or to highly specialized equipment. In 1986, Congress passed the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA), which removed many of the barriers to the public-private partnerships needed to develop and commercialize innovative environmental technologies. The Act makes possible Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) between federal laboratories, industry, and academic institutions. CRADAs set forth the terms of government-industry collaboration and allow the free flow of ideas, expertise, and material essential to the development of commercially competitive technologies.
- OSTI ID:
- 31861
- Journal Information:
- EPA, Journal Name: EPA Journal Issue: 3-4 Vol. 20; ISSN 0145-1189; ISSN EPAJDB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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