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== <span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="fontline-sizeheight:larger15px;">The Rensselaer Plan</span></span></span>== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">The Rensselaer Plan addresses technology transfer and intellectual property policies that encourage entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Research is the major driver of science and technology transfer, invention, and innovation. Technological entrepreneurship completes the technology lifecycle — from discovery to the creation of impact in the global marketplace. With an expanding research base, we will cultivate a campus culture that provides the spirit and motivation for inventors to pursue commercialization. We will: Increase awareness of intellectual property, preserving its value in research agreements and maximizing its value under shared equity arrangements and licensing agreements, covering intellectual property developed in research and materials developed for distance education.&nbsp; Create intellectual property policies that encourage entrepreneurship and allowthe university to take equity positions in new ventures as appropriate.&nbsp; Ensure that intellectual property policies have adequate and appropriate conflictof interest and conflict of commitment provisions. Develop an awareness and infrastructure of intellectual property rights policies, incentives, and marketing to support innovation and commercialization.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">World-class technological research universities excel in transferring research outputs to the commercial sector. We will create innovative programs targeted at growing major new technological ventures and creating value. We will:&nbsp; Enhance the process of matching researchers and entrepreneurs to create new ventures that take Rensselaer intellectual property to market&nbsp; Provide business planning and facilitate venture capital for faculty and students for start-up companies that commercialize leading-edge Rensselaer research.&nbsp; Expand the Incubator program to accommodate more start-ups and second-stage incubation.&nbsp; Expand the flow of technology, talent, and ventures into the Rensselaer Technology Park and the Capital Region. Bring new focus to the Rensselaer Technology Park as the locus for mature ventures based on the technologies taught and researched at the Institute. Work with private and public sources to attract new venture capital and entrepreneurial talent to the Capital Region.<br/></span></span>