Funds will be awarded to faculty on a competitive basis, and all PMB faculty who elect to participate in the agreement will have the opportunity to apply to the Research Committee for NADI funds. The agreement is designed to narrow, not widen the equity gap among researchers. University research is academic and benefits the public through teaching, research and the dissemination of information. We rely on the integrity of the faculty to further science in a meaningful way. It says that the University is not required to patent an invention if NADI does not have the ultimate goal of commecializing a product based on the invention.
Artificial walls make it difficult for faculty members to discuss their work with colleagues.
A professor who is doing research for Monsanto can't discuss it with a colleague who is doing work for Pioneer. You lose the horizontal spark, the interaction that makes academic research vital and productive. We think that working with a single sponsor will not only restore but increase that spark and energize the research enterprise. This site is produced and maintained by the Office of Public Affairs , University of California, Berkeley. Copyright 1998, The Regents of the University of California.