Enterprise & productivity
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ANNEX 3: QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO EACH PSRE |
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Contact details |
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Name of establishment |
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| Name of person completing questionnaire | |
| Position | |
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Address |
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Telephone number |
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| Fax number | |
| Email address | |
Background information on the research establishment
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Number of employees in organisation |
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Which organisation(s) finances the research establishment? |
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| What is the organisations research budget? | |
| Approximately what percentage of the organisation's total activity is research? | |
| Number of employees involved in technology transfer and collaborative research | |
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Please give a brief outline of the major fields of research |
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What is the commercial potential of this research? |
Intellectual property
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Who owns the intellectual property produced by your establishment: the agency/laboratory, the Government Department/Research Council or someone else? |
Measures to encourage commercialisation of intellectual property
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Has the organisation been directly involved in the commercialisation of its IP? If so what has it done? |
Please describe how technology transfer is organised
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How many i) licences ii) joint ventures iii) spin out companies have results from your organisation's intellectual property in the last five years? |
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Does your organisation have any relationships with the private sector for commercialising research? If so please describe them. |
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How much income does your organisation generate each year from IP i) in recent years ii) currently and iii) planned? |
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What measures has the organisation taken to encourage employees to commercialise IP? |
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Are there any rules which prevent employees being involved in i) licences ii) joint ventures iii) spin out companies? |
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What are the main barriers to commercialisation of the organisation's IP? Are these due to the funding organisation, employees terms and conditions or something else? |
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How does your funding organisation encourages/supports the commercialisation of its IP? |
Please return complete questionnaires with any supporting material to:
Tim Sharp
Room 95/G
HM Treasury
Parliament Street
London
SW1P 3AG