AUTM FOUNDATION, INC.
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

The AUTM Foundation Led by experts in science, technology, business and economic development, as well as intellectual property and licensing, the Foundation is a philanthropic agent and relationship builder. The Foundation’s focus is to continually assess global needs in technology transfer and identify the strengths and opportunities within the AUTM community to help impact the profession. MISSION The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Foundation was created to strengthen and enhance efforts to build a better world by advancing academic technology transfer and its value to society. By prompting the transfer of technology from the lab to the marketplace and supporting training for practitioners at all levels, the foundation works to ensure the advancement of the profession and its mission to build a better world. The AUTM Foundation was created as a support organization of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas between AUTM and public/private entities to promote initiatives that benefit the technology transfer community and, ultimately, enhance the human condition. “Researchers come up with the best ideas, but unless those ideas are transformed into products and services, they won’t impact the lives of those around us.” The AUTM Foundation was created as a support organization of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas between AUTM and public/private entities to promote initiatives that benefit the technology transfer community and, ultimately, enhance the human condition. “Researchers come up with the best ideas, but unless those ideas are transformed into products and services, they won’t impact the lives of those around us.” Contributed to U.S. gross domestic product from 1996 to 2015