Sec. 8201. Lab partnering service pilot program
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The Secretary, acting through the Chief Commercialization Officer established in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16391(a) ), shall establish a Lab Partnering Service Pilot Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the pilot program ). The purposes of the pilot program are to provide services that encourage and support partnerships between the National Laboratories and public and private sector entities, and to improve communication of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application projects and opportunities at the National Laboratories to potential partners through the development of a website and the provision of services, in collaboration with relevant external entities.
In carrying out this pilot program, the Secretary shall— conduct outreach to and engage with relevant public and private entities; identify and disseminate best practices for strengthening connections between the National Laboratories and public and private sector entities; and develop a website to disseminate information on— different partnering mechanisms for working with the National Laboratories; National Laboratory experts and research areas; and National Laboratory facilities and user facilities.
The Secretary shall support the development of metrics, including conversion metrics, to determine the effectiveness of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection
(a)and the number and types of partnerships established between public and private sector entities and the National Laboratories compared to baseline data. In carrying out the activities authorized in this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Directors and dedicated technology transfer staff at the National Laboratories, in particular for matchmaking services for individual projects, which should be led by the National Laboratories. The Secretary shall delegate to the Directors the authority to compensate National Laboratory employees providing services under this section. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the pilot program established in this section shall operate for not less than 3 years and may be built off an existing program. Not later than 6 months after the completion of this pilot program, the Secretary shall support the evaluation of the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection
(a)and shall submit the evaluation to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The assessment shall include analyses of the performance of the pilot program based on the metrics developed under subsection (b). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and
(f)and $1,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 for national laboratory employees to provide services under subsection (d).
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Lab partnering service pilot program
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