Download or read book Mining the Nation's Brain Trust written by Fred E. Grissom, Jr. and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, nearly $70 billion was allocated to research and development across all federal agencies. This research is conducted in over 400 laboratories, by more than 200,000 scientists and engineers, resulting in approximately 10,000 new discoveries annually. The majority of these resources, including access to information, talent, and facilities, are all available to American industry--if industry is willing to "play the game". Finally, the rulebook is available. The authors show how to find out what research has been done or is still in process, and how to lay out both the benefits and costs of seeking technical resources within the government. The book provides addresses and telephone numbers of key contacts, guidelines for effectively transferring information between government and private sectors, and gives a sample of amodel cooperative R & D agreement.