Partner with Credible, Unbiased Experts
A partnership with the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) helps your research
advance by tapping into the expertise of our research personnel, providing
access to our extensive laboratory facilities and equipment, and creating
opportunities for patent and licensing agreements.
Our researchers have a
history of successful partnerships, and they welcome the opportunity to
collaborate with industry, academia, trade associations, non-government
organizations, and federal, state, and local government agencies to convert
research into usable information and technology.
Collaborating with FPL can provide many benefits to partnering organizations:
- Flexible partnership agreements tailored to the partner’s needs,
such as confidentiality and licensing rights
- Experts in many disciplines work together in one location at a world-class
facility
- Stable source of funding allows for long-term research projects that
may be high-risk but also have potential for a high return on investment
- Customer-focused commitment to technology transfer converts research
findings into products or processes that can be of use to society
- Innovative team approach to problem solving produces results
Established in 1910, FPL serves
the public as the Nation’s leading
wood research institute. FPL is recognized nationally and internationally
as an unbiased technical authority on wood science and use. Our mission
is to promote healthy forests and forest-based economies through the efficient,
sustainable use of wood. |