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Out of the Ivory Tower: The Patenting Activity of Canadian University Professors before the 1980s
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Colleret, Maxime; Gingras, Yves – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2022
This study analyses the patenting activities of university science and engineering professors in Canada between 1920 and 1975. Unlike most studies on commercial activities in academia, which typically focus on the post-1980 period and on university practices, we focus on the pre-1980 period and on the individual decisions of professors to patent…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Science Education
Recherche universitaire et priorites nationales: l'effet du financement public sur la recherche energie solaire au Canada (University Research and National Priorities: The Effect of Public Financing on Solar Energy Research in Canada).
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Dalpe, Robert; Gingras, Yves – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1990
The role of two main sources of university research financing in solar energy is examined to assess whether they oriented research in the direction of government programs. The strongest relationship appears to be in journal publication patterns. This scientific community has acquired the capacity to tap varying sources. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Agencies