Universities spend millions chasing profits from patents—but most are losing money doing it. A new study shows tech transfer is often a bad investment, costing more in faculty time and overhead than it brings in

https://theconversation.com/us-universities-lose-millions-of-dollars-chasing-patents-research-shows-244270

US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows

The problem is that costs – especially the costs to faculty – often go ignored.

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@ChemicalEyeGuy @TheConversationUS Also, dedicating more time to writing grant proposals, at the end of the day will only increase the competition for those grants, which are a finite resource that is, generally, fully used.