What is the precedent for industry-funded research on campus?
A. The University of California and UC Berkeley actively encourage collaborative and sponsored research with industry that is consistent with the educational mission and the principles of academic freedom. These partnerships give faculty and students new ideas, increase the commercial impact of university research, and prepare students for non-academic careers. In the last two years, UC Berkeley has entered into 198 new sponsored-research and collaboration agreements and 85 new affiliate-program contracts to support research by private industry on the UC Berkeley campus. The university has a number of master agreements with companies that streamline the manner in which it contracts for sponsored research, or obtains vital materials or other research tools to support campus research.
A. The University of California and UC Berkeley actively encourage collaborative and sponsored research with industry that is consistent with the educational mission and the principles of academic freedom. These partnerships give faculty and students new ideas, increase the commercial impact of university research, and prepare students for non-academic careers. In the last two years, UC Berkeley has entered into 198 new sponsored-research and collaboration agreements and 85 new affiliate-program contracts to support research by private industry on the UC Berkeley campus. The university has a number of master agreements with companies that streamline the manner in which it contracts for sponsored research, or obtains vital materials or other research tools to support campus research. Selected examples of products invented at UC Berkeley under corporate-sponsored research agreements include: DNA sequencing reagents and DNA sequencers (sponsored by Molecular Dynamics and subsequently comm
