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[1] Some firms have partnerships with more than one ERC.

[2] Cf. W. Cohen, R. Florida, and R. Goe, University-Industry Research Centers in the United States (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University, 1994).

[3] U.S. General Accounting Office, Engineering Research Centers, NSF Program Management and Industrial Sponsorship, GAO/RCED-880177 (Washington, DC: GAO, 1988).


II. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
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[4] NSF, Engineering Education and Centers Division "Industrial Involvement in National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers," A Report to the Subcommittee on VA HUD - Independent Agencies of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Engineering Research Centers Program, April 22, 1993.
 
[5] J.D. Roessner and A.S. Bean, "Payoffs from Industry Interaction with Federal Laboratories," Journal of Technology Transfer, 19, 3-4 (December 1994): 59-86.

[6]  The implications of this work were originally laid out in an SRI study paper, "A Process Model of Engineering Research Center Impacts upon Industrial Sponsors."  Aspects of the findings have subsequently appeared as publications, excerpted here, by I. Feller and D. Roessner: "Identifying and Measuring the Benefits of Collaborative Research: Lessons from a Study of the Engineering Research Centers," in Technology Transfer Society Proceedings, Technology Commercialization and Economic Growth (Indianapolis: The Technology Transfer Society, 1995), and "What Does Industry Expect from University Partnerships," in Issues in Science and Technology (Fall 1995): 80-84.


III. PROFILE OF ERC INDUSTRY SPONSORS
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[7]   Throughout this report, "respondents" refers to respondents to the primary participant questionnaire; where respondents to the secondary participant questionnaire are intended, it is specifically noted.

[8]  Contracts involve proprietary work related to a Center's overall research efforts, but the results are solely for the use of the contracting company.

[9] GAO, op. cit., p. 58.


IV. ERC-INDUSTRY INTERACTION: EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES
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[10] GAO, op. cit., 1988.


V. ERC STUDENTS HIRED BY PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
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[11]   It should be noted that a study conducted concurrently for NSF by Abt Associates has focused more specifically on the preparedness to work in industry of ERC graduates compared to peers without ERC experience.  See Abt Associates,  Job Performance of Graduate Engineers who Participated in the NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program, September, 1996.

[12] GAO, op. cit., 1988.


VI. FACTORS UNDERLYING BENEFITS DERIVED BY COMPANIES FROM ERC PARTICIPATION
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[13] Bohlander, op. cit., 1994; C. Scott and D. C. Schaad, Understanding Technology Transfer in NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs):  Aggregated Descriptive Statistics," (Seattle:  University of Washington, January 1994).

[14] GAO, op. cit., 1988, p. 50.


X. CONCLUSION
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[15] The table is not shown, but the differences in rank for any given benefit are never more than plus or minus one.