Advancing Innovation Along the Long Tail 
Laura Dorival Paglione, Director, Kauffman Innovation Network, discusses moving away from narrow markets ruled by "the tyranny of the hit" (the old
focus on best-sellers) to focus on the "long tail" markets where non-hits and specialty goods can
flourish as well.
Can the TTO Manage Its Own Disintermediation?
The iBridge Network project, sponsored by the
Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc., added a new option for university Technology transfer offices (TTOs).Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT
A Kauffman Foundation study Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT demonstrates the critical
role universities play not only in fostering innovation and
entrepreneurial growth, but in stimulating the much-needed recovery in
regional and global economies.
Eureka! Ranch
Eureka! Ranch applies scientific methods to address the
challenges of achieving meaningful uniqueness and help business owners find, filter, and fast-track their
innovations.
Facilitating the Commercialization of University Innovation
In the following paper, we examine an innovative new set of practices associated with the commercialization of university research developed and implemented at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Federal Technology Funding Guide
Companies seeking funding for technology work now can access the latest
version of the most comprehensive resource on government-facilitated
programs for R&D, the 2008-2009 Federal Technology Funding Guide.
HHS Secretary Sebelius Joins Health Care Leaders at Kauffman Foundation to Discuss New Roles in Drug Discovery and Development
Academic institutions across the United States are playing a critical role in developing life-saving treatments, procedures and innovations, and must be supported by a public policy agenda designed to foster continued growth and investment, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius told a gathering of leaders from the public and private sectors here today.
How a Dose of Reality Can Make Science More Visionary
E. A. Fitzgerald, Professor of Materials Engineering, MIT, asks How do we know that university scientists are working on the best
possible research projects to begin with? The ones with the greatest chances of
bearing the most fruit?
How the iBridge Network Can Help: One Story From the Long Tail
Professor Linda Restifo, a neurobiologist at the University of Arizona, have created a research tool that could accelerate the
discovery of drugs for treating intellectual disability. And the iBridgeSM Web site has accelerated the process of
getting the tool into the hands of other scientists.
Kauffman Foundation Researchers Offer New Approaches in Speeding Transfer of Technology From University Labs to the Marketplace
The emphasis among universities to reap big financial rewards through licensing and patenting innovation developed by research scientists is actually impeding the development of new technologies and may be masking the importance of other means of knowledge transfer, according to researchers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Kauffman Foundation Study Finds MIT Alumni Companies Generate Billions for Regional Economies
A Kauffman Foundation study released today demonstrates the critical
role universities play not only in fostering innovation and
entrepreneurial growth, but in stimulating the much-needed recovery in
regional and global economies.
Moving Innovations to Market
A great deal of promising research consistently fails to be developed and brought to market for practical use, as it could be. This includes basic research in the life sciences that could lead to vital new drugs and medical therapies. It includes research in computing and engineering that could lead to useful new products and job-creating new firms. In short, despite rampant commercialism, what we often have is a failure to commercialize.
Open Innovation: Rx for Improved Human Health
John Wilbanks of Science Common explains how the principles of Open Innovation, that encapsulates
the power of the informed user to drive innovation in new product design, can transform the field of human health.
Proof of Concept Centers: Accelerating the Commercialization of University Innovation
This analysis provides valuable insights into how proof of concept centers can facilitate the transfer of university innovations into commercial applications.
Science Commons
Science Commons, an organization that designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient Web-enabled scientific research, identifies unnecessary barriers to research, crafts policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those barriers, and develops technology to make research data and materials easier to find and use.
Student and Faculty Entrepreneurs Face Unique Challenges, Conflicts in Taking Innovations from University Lab to Market
New technology innovations – and the startup companies formed to commercialize them – increasingly have their beginnings in university research labs.
Student Entrepreneurs Critical to Commercializing University Startups, Kauffman Study Shows
Graduate and post-doctoral students are critical participants in university commercialization efforts, according to a study released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. "University Technology Transfer through Entrepreneurship: Faculty and Students in Spinoffs" examines students' roles in university startups and compares the functions and responsibilities of faculty, entrepreneurs and students in successfully moving university innovations to market.
The Entrepreneurial Landscape: A View from Venture Partners
Kauffman Foundation Chief Investment Officer Harold Bradley moderates a panel with investment leaders from three established and respected venture
capital firms to discuss a number of issues facing the venture industry.
The iBridge Network
This Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc. site provides access to university research and innovations to industry representatives, entrepreneurs, and other universities' researchers.
University-Industry Demonstration Partnership
Connecting universities and industry to bring innovations to market Kauffman Foundation funded research indicates the importance of university industry collaborations as a driver of innovation.
USC Global Innovation Challenge Summer Program
The Kauffman Foundation's Global Innovation Challenge Summer Program
focuses on teaching students to develop innovative skill sets that will
promote entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Valuing Health Care: Improving Productivity and Quality
Cost trends in U.S. health care consistently increase at about 2.5 percentage points faster than the general rate of inflation – clearly an unsustainable rate. To address what it called "America's most urgent public policy problem," the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released a report that focuses on improving the cost-benefit balance in American health care through open access to medical data.
White Paper on New Models for Accelerated Drug Discovery and Development Is Released
Five leaders in the medical innovation field released a white paper today titled The New Role of Academia in Drug Discovery and Development: New Thinking, New Competencies, New Results. This white paper reflects key recommendations from a July 2010 town hall meeting in Kansas City hosted by Friends of Cancer Research, Kansas Bioscience Authority, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Council for American Medical Innovation.
