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UC and
the Economy
Supporting
Industry Clusters
Training
California’s
Workforce
UC
Impacts
on Technology
Growing
California’s
Agriculture
Campus
Economic
Impacts
UC-Industry
Partnerships
California
Institutes
for Science and
Innovation
Technology
Transfer
Energy
and
Transportation
Engineering
and
Computer Science
Business
Schools
UC
Employment
Opportunities
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Impacts on California Technology:
California’s Economy Starts Here
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The University of California has always played
a key role as a center of innovation and technology development.
By attracting research funds, enhancing employment and productivity,
and producing business spinoffs, UC has been instrumental in the
success of some of the world’s most dynamic regional economies
in the world, from Silicon Valley and Bay Area biotech to telecommunications
in Southern California.
UC contributes to innovation through two primary
pathways: research-and-development activities that enhance both
labor and capital productivity; and technology transfers and business
spinoffs that carry UC discoveries into the marketplace. Both impacts
have proven very beneficial to California.
UC Research Expenditures
UC research expenditures in California reflect the regional economies
of which they are a part, confirming the positive dynamic between
UC campuses and industry clusters. Davis and Riverside expenditures
are concentrated in agriculture. UC’s San Francisco, San Diego
and Los Angeles campuses concentrate research in biosciences; while
Santa Barbara and Berkeley have the highest share of research expenditures
related to information technology.
In addition to their direct impact on employment
and output, UC’s research expenditures also play an important
role in improving productivity through innovation. Between 2002-11,
UC research is expected to be the major source of productivity gains
totaling $5.2 billion and more than 104,000 new jobs in California.
Tech Transfer and Business Start-Ups:
Inventing California’s Economy
The economic and social benefits derived from UC innovations and
knowledge are greatest when that research can be quickly used by
private industry and put into practical applications and products
for the office and home. Private firms recognize the value of the
UC system by contributing financial resources for research. In 2000-01,
UC entered into over 2,600 agreements with industry valued at over
$216 million. Many of these cutting-edge technological R&D projects
are often in fields directly related to the knowledge industry clusters
and thus amplify many of the productivity gains arising from UC
research expenditures.
In addition to this collaborative research, UC
is also an important generator of ideas and technologies, which
can be measured in part by the reporting of inventions created by
UC researchers with university resources. UC campuses have collectively
generated over 2,600 such invention disclosures.
As the foundation for start-up firms, many technologies
developed in the UC system also serve as an important engine for
economic growth. More than 160 companies have been founded on the
basis of UC technology licensing agreements. An estimated 65% of
these firms are in fields directly related to the bioscience cluster
– biotechnology, genomics, pharmaceuticals and drug development.
And these start-up figures do not include all the firms started by UC professors, students and alumni. UC faculty and graduates have founded 1 in 4 biotech firms in California (and 1 in 6 nationwide), and 85% of California biotech companies employ scientists and engineers with advanced degrees from UC in key R&D positions.
Tech Transfer
at UC
Office
of Technology Transfer
Technology
Licensing Opportunities
UC-Industry
Partnerships
California
Institutes for Science and Innovation
Biotech and Genomics Research
Agricultural
Research
Counting
California (a wide range of state economic data)
Economic
Impact Research on UC Partnerships and Education
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California's
future:
It Starts Here
An impact study on UC's contributions to California's economic growth,
health and community resources
(Spring 2003)
Technology
Transfer Annual Report 2003
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