National Academy of Inventors Fellow Applications Opened May 1

By: Richelle Holnick, Office of Technology Transfer (NIH Technology Transfer Community Newsletter)

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) selects a group of fellows each year from research universities, governmental, and nonprofit research institutes worldwide. The NAI Fellows are extremely accomplished individuals who together hold more than 38,000 U.S. patents, have generated over 13,000 licensed technologies, and created over $2.2 trillion in revenue based on their discoveries.

The NAI is a member organization made up of over 4,000 senior members and fellows spanning more than 250 institutes worldwide, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its purpose is to encourage inventors with patents issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), enhance the visibility of technology innovation, and help translate the inventions of its members to the benefit of society.

You can view the current list of NIH Inventors in the NIH Tech Transfer Inventor Showcase. This past year, NAI added two more NIH inventors, Drs. Steven Rosenberg and John J. O’Shea. The NIH looks forward to having future nominations for fellows from the internal pool of talent. The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) plans to submit the past Philip S. Chen, Jr., lecturers, as they believe this is a wonderful recognition of NIH’s inventors and the tech transfer program as a whole.

More information on the NAI Fellow program is available on the NAI website. Submissions for this year’s cohort of NAI fellows opened May 1st and run until the end of July.

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