| The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
(FLC) is the nationwide network of federal laboratories
that provides the forum to develop strategies and
opportunities for linking the laboratory mission technologies
and expertise with the marketplace.
The FLC was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and to
strengthen technology transfer nationwide. Today, more than
700 major federal laboratories and centers and their parent
departments and agencies are FLC members.
The Consortium creates an environment that adds value to
and supports the technology transfer efforts of its members
and potential partners. The FLC develops and tests transfer
methods, addresses barriers to the process, provides training,
highlights grass-roots transfer efforts, and emphasizes
national initiatives where technology transfer has a role. For
the public and private sector, the FLC brings laboratories
together with potential users of government-developed
technologies. This is in part accomplished by the FLC
Laboratory Locator Network and regional and national meetings.
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