1 December, 2005

Managing Research Dynamics

ETH Zurich

Dr. Regula Altmann-Jöhl

21 December, 2005

The world has changed ...

... and the legislator has reacted :

Awareness: research results have an economic value!

The US have done it for a long time – Bay-Doyle Act

Assumption of the public and some parlamentarians:

research at the universities cost a lot of tax payer money and

the transfer of the results into products is not effective enough

Discussions with industry: industrial partners are less

interested in „published knowledge and know-how“–

universities on the other hand should and must publish. Since

confidentiality is difficult at the universities intellectual

property has to be protected.

31 December, 2005

Technology transfer has become an obligation

Federal Law about the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Law of ETH) 21. March 2003

The council of the Swiss Federation … decides: ...

Art. 2 Purpose

1. The ETH and the research institutes shall:

a) Educate students and specialists on scientific and technical topics and guarantee a permanent continuing education;

b) Enhance scientific insight through research;

c) Foster the new scientific generation of talents;

d) Offer scientific and technical services.

e) Render public relations;

f) Exploit its research results.

41 December, 2005

Core of the Relationship Between the Private Sector and Academia: Technology Transfer

Andreas Steiner, Marina de Senarclens, UWS 2004

core of the „new“ technology

transfer

contractually bound partners in the private sector

education

currently unused

research results

scientific excellence research

partnerships

graduates

publications

private sector

academia

51 December, 2005

Different options that we offer for partnerships with the private sector

Research collaborations based on projects Framework agreements with defined amount of money

spent per year Joint workshops focused on current research Joint workshops focused on future trends Sabbaticals PhD thesis Sponsored professorships / institutes / centers Joint location

61 December, 2005

ETH Zurich: Key Figures 2004

Professors 358 Thereof Assistant Professors 57

Students 12’505Diplomas 1167Doctorates 471

Staff positions (full time equivalents) 5984

Federal budget CHF 959.2 MioThird party funds CHF 160.0 MioTotal expenditure CHF 1’119.2 Mio

71 December, 2005

Expenditure on R&D (2002)

OECD in Figures 2004

4.273.46

3.093.12

2.912.67

2.572.522.522.49

2.262.20

1.931.911.891.88UK

NetherlandsCanada

EU-15France

OECD totalG7

GermanyDenmark

SwitzerlandUSA

KoreaJapan

IcelandFinlandSweden

0 1 2 3 4

% of GDP

Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D

81 December, 2005

Expenditure on R&D

per capita & year, in USD (OECD in Figures 2000)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

total government industry other

SwitzerlandUSAGermany

91 December, 2005

Easy Indicator: Money Fluxes at ETH Zurich Budget for Research Projects (2002)

internal competitive research projects 18 MCHF

external Swiss National Science Foundation 32 MCHF

CTI (program for bus./univ. projects) 11 MCHF

other government offices 26 MCHF

European programs 15 MCHF

directly from industry 47 MCHF

other private support 9 MCHF

total 158 MCHF 40 %

101 December, 2005

Thank you!

Contact:

Regula Altmann-Jöhl

ETH Zurich

Ramistrasse 101

8092 Zurich

+41 44 632 20 85

altmann@sl.ethz.ch