1. 1 December, 2005 Managing Research Dynamics ETH Zurich Dr. Regula Altmann-Jöhl

2. 1 December, 2005 2 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.

3. 1 December, 2005 3 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. 2Purpose 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.

4. 1 December, 2005 4 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

5. 1 December, 2005 5 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

6. 1 December, 2005 6 ETH Zurich: Key Figures 2004 Professors358 Thereof Assistant Professors57 Students 12’505 Diplomas1167 Doctorates471 Staff positions (full time equivalents)5984 Federal budgetCHF 959.2 Mio Third party fundsCHF 160.0 Mio Total expenditureCHF 1’119.2 Mio

7. 1 December, 2005 7 Expenditure on R&D (2002) OECD in Figures 2004

8. 1 December, 2005 8 Expenditure on R&D

9. 1 December, 2005 9 Easy Indicator: Money Fluxes at ETH Zurich Budget for Research Projects (2002) internalcompetitive research projects18 MCHF externalSwiss National Science Foundation32 MCHF CTI (program for bus./univ. projects)11 MCHF other government offices26 MCHF European programs15 MCHF directly from industry47 MCHF other private support9 MCHF total158 MCHF  40 %

10. 1 December, 2005 10 Thank you!  Contact: Regula Altmann-Jöhl ETH Zurich Ramistrasse 101 8092 Zurich +41 44 632 20 85 altmann@sl.ethz.ch