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The FLC was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and strengthen technology transfer nationwide. Today, more than 300 federal laboratories, facilities and research centers and their parent agencies make up the FLC community. Members of...

The FLC is comprised of over 300 federal laboratories, each of which is represented by Agency Representatives (ARs) and Laboratory Representatives (LRs). The Executive Board is the FLC’s governing body. It is composed of four nationally elected positions—FLC Chair, Vice-Chair, Finance Officer, and...

The FLC community is a vast network of Consortium Members, Consortium Participants, academic institutions as well as industry. The FLC community has access to high–quality T2 tools, services, and connections for facilitating the commercialization process. From our industry partners to our member...

The FLC’s Annual Report to the President and Congress offers a yearly overview of the organization’s activities, committees, and regional progress during a given fiscal year, as well as a financial breakdown of the contributions of its members.

Featured here are the FLC Bylaws and the FLC’s Strategic Plan. Both documents provide an in-depth look at how the FLC functions as an organization, as well as explain the tactful direction the organization is headed to further its mandates and facilitate technology transfer among its member...

The FLC is committed to providing technology transfer professionals, researchers, and members of industry with the educational tools and services needed to improve any agency’s commercialization efforts. Here you will find a wide range of T2 centric online classes, webinars, videos and publications...

Looking to advance your T2 training? The FLC is pleased to offer an array of live, instructional training courses designed to help newcomers and seasoned T2 professionals alike discover commercialization best practice strategies. Each of our courses is taught by an experienced agency, laboratory or...

Technology transfer is the process by which existing knowledge, facilities, or capabilities developed under federal R&D funding are utilized to fulfill public and private needs. Every year, billions of American taxpayer dollars go into funding research and development (R&D) at our federal...

The FLC’s Learning Center offers resources designed to better equip our members and their industry partners along the path to commercialization success. Our educational resources include listings of T2 programs in our Training Resource Center and a glossary of essential technology transfer terms to...

Play 1 Understand what all the players need We must begin by understanding and measuring the goals, tasks and needs of each person that we engage with during the course of business. This should include other Agencies, laboratories, scientists, researchers, executives, analysts, policy makers and...

This resource provides the ability to search for laboratories, funding, facilities and equipment or programs to help develop your business. Whether you’re in need of funding or a new technology, the first step is finding what you are looking for. Our databases are the hub of information for federal...

What Is the Available Technologies Search Tool? As one of the FLC’s most dynamic resources, the Available Technologies Search Tool provides a free one-stop shop to locate licensing opportunities for a particular type of technology anywhere in our nationwide system of federal labs and research...

The FLC’s Technology Locator service provides immediate, personalized search assistance and referrals that connect entrepreneurs, technology seekers and other industry representatives with federal laboratory expertise and technologies to further their R&D goals. For anyone seeking to improve...

Start Exploring the Agreement Paths So you’ve searched and found federal resources at a particular federal laboratory or facility you’d like to access; now what? At this stage, you’re ready to play the “contact sport” that is technology transfer—meaning, it's time to reach out to those specific...

The FLC’s DC Liaison keeps the organization and the T2 community up-to-date on the latest science and technology R&D legislation by staying on top of the latest trends and pertinent policy developments that could potentially affect tech transfer. Through the “T2 Touchpoint” and “Capitol Corner...

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To successfully advance federal innovations and technologies, the FLC relies heavily on the actions and efforts of its six geographical regions: Far West, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-Continent, Northeast, and Southeast. Through the assistance and advocacy of Regional Coordinators, Deputy Regional...