摘要：Federal technology transfer legislation has encouraged increased collaborationbetween the public and private sectors, including joint research ventures knownas Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). While severaleconomically important technologies have been developed through CRADAs,there is concern that CRADAs may divert public research from its central researchmissions. This study compares the pattern of research resource allocation forCRADA projects at the U.S. Department of Agriculture with research prioritiesof public and private intramural agricultural research. The findings suggest thatCRADAs have attracted considerable private co-financing of joint research pro-jects, and may have enabled public research to concentrate more resources onresearch areas where private incentives are relatively weak.
关键词：agricultural research; CRADA projects; research priorities; technology;transfer
