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Original research on how 303 US institutions turn discoveries into real-world health impact

What Makes an Institution Innovative?

Based on a survey of 3,395 biomedical researchers, this report identifies exactly where the system fails scientist-entrepreneurs, and what top-ranked institutions do differently.

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Why download

  • For VPs of Research & Provosts

    • See where your institution's commercialization support ranks against 303 peers, and what actually separates the top 25 from everyone else
    • It isn't funding. Find out what the clearest dividing line between high- and low-performing institutions really is

  • For TTO Directors

    • 3,395 researchers rated their TTO on partnering, funding, and training. See what they said is working, and what they said isn't
    • One capability scored the lowest in the entire survey. Find out what it is, and why it's costing institutions talent

  • For Presidents & Institutional Leadership

    • Discover the three-word answer researchers keep giving when asked why their discoveries never left the lab

    • What the highest-performing institutions build differently, and why it has nothing to do with prestige or budget
"We're Taught To Become Scientists, Which Doesn't Include Any Teaching Or Training About Starting A Business."

Survey Respondent, Cure Innovation Index Researcher Survey

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