A History and Educational Function of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration in the United States

自1925年成立以来，威斯康星校友研究基金会(WARF)一直为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的科学界服务，为大学研究人员的发现申请专利，并将他们的技术授权给威斯康星州的公司。创始人们认为，保护专利可以确保正确使用科学造福公众。近年来，WARF通过威斯康星州发现研究所(WID)加速了公私合作伙伴关系。WID的城市中心是一个激发合作、建立联系并开启新的探索途径的地方，以促进知识社会中的终身学习。

Since its founding in 1925, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation(WARF) has served the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting the discoveries of University researchers and licensing their technologies to companies in Wisconsin. The founders thought protecting patents could ensure proper use of science for the public benefit. In recent years, WARF accelerates a public-private partnership through The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery(WID). The Town Center of WID is a place that inspires collaboration, creates connections and launches new avenues of inquiry to foster lifelong learning in the knowledge-based society.