Issues (Archived 03/05/2007)

International Training Program in Technology Transfer Available at NIH OTT

The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) is offering a training opportunity to scientists and technology managers from developing countries. The program includes in-depth training at OTT as well potential rotations at other institutions, such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Patent & Trademark Office, the State Department, U.S. universities, and non-profit foundations.

The program has already "graduated" participants from the following institutions:

• The Patent Facilitation Centre, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
• The Medical Research Council, India
• The Department of Biotechnology, India
• The Indian Institute of Technology, India
• The National Institute of Immunology, India
• The Intellectual Property Office of the University of the Philippines
• The Hungarian Biotechnology Association, Hungary
• The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
• The Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, China
• The Centre for Scientific & Industrial Research, South Africa
• The National Institute of Agriculture Research, Argentina
• The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India
• The State University of Campinas, Brazil
• The Technology Information Forecasing and Assessment Council, India
• The India Council of Medical Research, India
• The NEOS Ltd., Chile
• The Kenya Medial Research Institute, Kenya
• The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China