|
The former Office of Technology & Special Projects has recently been reorganized into a University of Missouri system-wide office, and separate technology transfer offices on each of the campuses. The System office is the Office of Intellectual Property Administration and it will be responsible for those areas which are most efficiently and effectively kept in one spot – crafting policy and offering legal, fiscal, information technology and some marketing support to the campus offices. Each campus office will be responsible for dealing directly with the faculty and assisting them to steward their best ideas to the market in the most appropriate manner possible.
These changes seem consistent with what both faculty and our partners have suggested, and the changes also fit our responsibility to better translate our research into tangible economic development. We have methodically reviewed our plans with staff, key administrators, and the Vice Provosts for Research at each of the campuses who have or will put this new organizational structure in place. |
