Positive signs exist, however. UW-Madison embarked on a “D2P” effort (development to product) pushing the $1 billion of annual research inflows beyond satisfying curiosity and reaching for validation of commercial usefulness. Examples include the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which is patent-focused, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research, the UW Foundation and Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (copyright-focused) as supportive, commercially-focused satellites of the university.
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