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A National Strategy for Building America’s Communities of InnovationBrian DarmodyAssociation of University Research Parks BoardUniversity of Maryland Associate Vice President for Research and Economic DevelopmentUEDA—St. Petersburg, Florida
November 10, 2008
• National governments abroad are building large research parks and science centers, attracting top U.S. researchers and corporate research dollars
• Science and technology are now global commodities
• U.S. private corporate research centers are greatly downsized or no longer exist
• Corporate and federal support for R&D at universities is declining
• We are in midst of global economic turmoil
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Technology Challenges Facing the U.S.
Asia’s “World Class” Campuses
Comparison: Washington D.C. Total Office Market = 100 million square feet
New Songdo City – South Korea – 60 million square feet
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Examples: China
Where has the Money Gone?Declining Industrial Support of Academic R&D
NSF 06-328 | September 2006
Where has the Money Gone?Declining Industrial Support of Academic R&D
NSF 06-328 | September 2006
Funding for academic R&D failed to outplace inflation for the last 2 consecutive years, for the first time in the 36-year history of the NSF survey.
Funding for academic R&D failed to outplace inflation for the last 2 consecutive years, for the first time in the 36-year history of the NSF survey.
Corporate Support Declining
Federal Support Declining
The Power of Place: Goals
– Increasing the commercialization of U.S. Government R&D to help feed innovation to U. S. Communities of Innovation
– Increasing domestic corporate research in the U.S.
– Strengthening existing and developing new Communities of Innovation
– Creating, retaining and importing technology innovation start-ups
– Aligning Federal incentives and reforms with state technology development zones
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• Studies show physical proximity of researchers (along with patents), is an increasingly important pathway to tech commercialization
• Science is becoming more inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional
• Private industry collaborations with universities and federal labs account for an increasing share of U.S. innovations and tech start-up companies
• State governments are experimenting with technology zones to support research parks and technology incubators, and to increase technology-led economic development clusters
• The federal government does not have a comprehensive innovation zone strategy to take advantage of its innovation assets
The Power of Place: Opportunities
Does Your Community Have:
• A university or college;• A research park;• A technology incubator; • A federal laboratory; or• Land adjacent to federal lab or installation
?
Yes?
Then You Have A Federal Innovation Zone
• Introduced by Senator Pryor [D-AR] and others last year
• It offers for research and science parks:
•Initial funding for development of plans
•Loan guarantees for development
•Support for a focus on international partnerships and further park expansion
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Building A Stronger America Act:America’s Infrastructure Solution
The American Innovation Zones should include:
• An enhanced federal corporate R&D tax credit in the zone;
• Reforms in IRS regulations affecting tax-exempt facilities to encourage more corporate-sponsored research and development in U.S.;
• A focus point for federal infrastructure investments and loan guarantees and related responses to global economic crisis;
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POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: American Innovation Zones
• Incentives for creating green Communities of Innovation: supporting mixed used and residential ‘smart growth’ development strategies
• Federal lab construction and leasing preferences in Innovation Zones
• Encouragement of SBIR/STTR grants and SBIC support to companies located in the Zones
• Expansion of Enhanced Use Lease [EUL] authority to all federal agencies to increase Innovation Zones adjacent to federal laboratories
• A national research center program with required state matching grants to focus on major national issues including:
-Food Safety-Homeland Security-Global Climate Change
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POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: American Innovation Zones
Develop National Federal Laboratory Foundation
to help better commercialize the $20 billion of internal
Research and Development spending within federal
Labs in our communities
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Federal Labs: Communities of Innovation
The United States must support programs to encourage the move of technology companies and knowledge workers into the U.S. through HB-1 visas reforms.
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Importing Innovation, Reforming Immigration Laws
How You Can Help
• Support the Power of Place Coalition
• Give the Coalition ideas on additional investments/reforms to take place within federal innovation zones
• Talk to your local Communities of Innovation and Coalition Sponsors
• Work with your state Congressional delegations to find sponsors/supporters
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THE POWER OF PLACEADVISORY COMMITTEE
• Association of Defense Communities
• Council on Competitiveness• Government-University-
Industry Research Roundtable
• The National Academies• National Association of Seed
and Venture Funds• The University Financing
Foundation• State Science and
Technology Institute
• National Business Incubation Association
• National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education
• National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
• National Governors Association
• Plus 24 Power of Place Sponsors
Brian Darmody
Associate Vice President
Research and Economic Development
University of Maryland College Park
Power of Place PDF www.aurp.net
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Thank You
Better Science;Better Innovation;
A Better World
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