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The mission of The Robert C.
Byrd National Technology
Transfer Center's Emerging
Minority Business Leaders (EMBL)
is to develop and empower
minority students to become the
next generation of entrepreneurs
and technology leaders for the
advancement of American Society.
The National Technology Transfer
Center (NTTC) is a full-service
technology-management center,
providing access to federal
technology information,
knowledge management and digital
learning services, technology
assessment, technology
marketing, assistance in finding
strategic partners, and
electronic-business development
services. The NTTC fosters
relationships with federal
clients, showcases technologies
and facilitates partnerships
between clients and U.S.
industry.
Established by Congress in 1989,
the Robert C. Byrd National
Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)
strengthens the competitiveness
of U.S. industry by providing
access to more than $70 billion
worth of federally funded
research. Thanks to the
continued support of Senator
Robert C. Byrd and Congressman
Alan B. Mollohan, the NTTC is a
recognized national asset
located on the campus of
Wheeling Jesuit University in
Wheeling, West Virginia.
The NTTC offers a complete line
of products and services
enabling American businesses to
find technologies, facilities
and world-class researchers
within the federal labs and
universities needed to remain on
the cutting edge of innovation.
This alliance is a major reason
why U.S. industry has regained
its historic leadership in the
highly competitive world
marketplace of high technology.
The Internet, biomedicine,
laptop computers, supermarket
barcode scanners and life saving
drugs are just some of the
everyday products that
originated in federal
laboratories or universities.
Yet without industry developers,
such ideas would remain on
laboratory shelves. The United
States is unique in having a
wealth of publicly funded
research together with an
entrepreneurial economy. The
NTTC bridges these two sectors.
With a full time staff of more
than 120, the NTTC serves an
impressive array of federal
agencies and private sector
organizations, ranging from
small companies to Fortune 500
enterprises. Several
universities, through a
partnership between the NTTC and
the Association of University
Technology Managers, have been
clients as well. For a listing
of organizations, please see
NTTC's client information.
The NTTC-through its programs,
services and efforts to
commercialize technologies-is
laying the groundwork for the
creation of new products, new
jobs and new opportunities for
America.
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