Argonne Lab and U. of Chicago Form a Partnership to Develop and Market Their Scientists' Inventions.

McMillen, Liz

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ERIC Number: EJ385699

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Publication Date: 1989

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Argonne Lab and U. of Chicago Form a Partnership to Develop and Market Their Scientists' Inventions.

McMillen, Liz

Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n25 pA23,24 Mar 1 1989

Four investors have committed $8.5 million to start companies based on discoveries made at the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory. It may be the first venture-capital fund to market products flowing from a federal laboratory. Graduate student volunteers are doing most of the development work. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperative Programs, Federal Programs, Fund Raising, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Inventions, Marketing, Money Management, Research and Development Centers, School Business Relationship, Scientists, Volunteers

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Language: English

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