Whilst reviewing tech transfer in central US, GUV takes a closer look at one of the oldest tech transfer organisations in the world.
It would, of course, be criminal to pass through the mid-US without mentioning the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the technology transfer unit of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the biggest university in the state and one of the two main research institutions (the other being University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
One of the oldest – if not the oldest – technology transfer organisations in existence, WARF can trace its roots back to 1925. The unit was founded by Harry Steenbock, a professor…
