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Interesting article on the new research park at UConn. Clearly aiming for AAU & B1G attention.
Framing UConn’s Future: Tech Park - UConn Today
Q: Are public-private research partnerships more important today in terms of securing funding than they have been in the past?
A: I think that collaboration is going to become the model of the future for scientists. The national research budget has not been growing for the past 10 years. So people are looking for strategic partnerships to be successful. The research centers that are moving to the Tech Park highlight our strengths. These are strategic areas for UConn and they are strategic areas for Connecticut industry. To be successful in obtaining large grants, we need to show we have the critical mass to lead. That is why it is important for us to identify potential partners like Harvard, the University of Maryland, or Rutgers University now, and to start working with them in order to present that we have working collaborations in place. This is where we are going to be strategic.
Framing UConn’s Future: Tech Park - UConn Today
Q: Are public-private research partnerships more important today in terms of securing funding than they have been in the past?
A: I think that collaboration is going to become the model of the future for scientists. The national research budget has not been growing for the past 10 years. So people are looking for strategic partnerships to be successful. The research centers that are moving to the Tech Park highlight our strengths. These are strategic areas for UConn and they are strategic areas for Connecticut industry. To be successful in obtaining large grants, we need to show we have the critical mass to lead. That is why it is important for us to identify potential partners like Harvard, the University of Maryland, or Rutgers University now, and to start working with them in order to present that we have working collaborations in place. This is where we are going to be strategic.