AUDIO ONLY - Reporting Inventions to Veterans Affairs

This is an audio-only, downloadable recording of the webinar described below.

As the number of start-ups spun-out of universities increases, so does the rate at which university start-ups fail. Universities that don't find themselves ensconced in entrepreneurial talent-rich pools like Silicon Valley and New York City likely have a problem: the scope of their institution's research is broader than the immediately accessible talent pool of willing entrepreneurs ready to take management roles of start-ups. Further, a majority of their entrepreneurial faculty may not intend to take entrepreneurial leave or take on a full-time start-up executive management role. The answer lies in increasing access to would-be entrepreneurial executives and more acutely matching their experience with start-ups.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employs more than five thousand clinicians and investigators conducting research activities, the majority of which are dually appointed at an academic affiliate. We will discuss how to report inventions when an inventor holds an appointment with the VA and how this might differ from other federal agencies. The presentation will provide background of the VA Technology Transfer Program and short-term goals.