The University System of Maryland is about to adopt a new policy to formally give credit in tenure and promotion decisions for faculty work that leads to patents and other intellectual property applied in technology transfer.
The new policy, slated for final Board of Regents approval on June 23, is part of the system's broader push to promote the commercialization of academic research.
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