The Transfer Files: Inside the World of Federal Innovation

<p>As we reach the end of the year and settle into the holiday season it feels right to look back and reflect. This podcast has grown so much over its first two seasons. I hope that means you are enjoying these...

<p>There’s something exciting happening right now in the world of federal innovation, and it feels like the momentum is building faster than ever. When research inside government labs actually finds its way into the...

<p>Researchers are advancing extraordinary science inside our federal labs, but translating that expertise into language the private sector can immediately understand is its own skillset. Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

<p>It’s easy to assume government contracts are only for the big players. But in reality, small and mid-sized businesses are often the engine behind federal innovation. The challenge is knowing where to begin, even if...

<p>Behind every chart and statistic about federal technology transfer is a story about people turning ideas into progress. Economist Michael Hall, from the Technology Partnerships Office at the National Institute of...

<p>When budget deadlines roll around, most of what we hear is the news out of Washington. But if you’re in a federal lab or working with one, the effects show up in very real ways. Projects can stall, collaborations...

<p>Sometimes the best conversations are worth hearing again. Today we’re revisiting a Season 1 episode recorded in April 2024 with Chris Campbell, founder and CEO of Simpli-Fi Automation, an electronic systems...

<p>Fusion energy is one of those ideas that always felt just out of reach. For decades, researchers have been chasing it. Breakthroughs are happening faster, startups are springing up, and suddenly the private sector is...

<p>When we first launched The Transfer Files, our very first guest was someone who has shaped and lived the history of federal tech transfer, Paul Zielinski, Executive Director of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for...

<p>What kind of person decides to license bleeding-edge battery technology from a national lab and try to bring it to market with no funding and no guarantees? According to Jay Fraser, you might need a little bit of...

<p>What started as a push to transfer technology from the lab to the private sector has sparked something bigger. Something my guest calls “Space Valley.” Stretching from Colorado Springs to El Paso, this unexpected...

<p>Sometimes a career takes shape in unexpected ways. For Stephen Crutchfield, it began with a background in film and a job making videos for the Navy. That role introduced him to the world of federal tech transfer, an...

<p>What would happen if federal labs started driving regional economies, not just research papers? That's exactly what today's guest, Stephen Auvil, is exploring every day at TEDCO, where he serves as Chief Federal...

<p>How do you take a spark of scientific curiosity and turn it into something people can actually use? In this episode, Phil Weilerstein pulls back the curtain on nearly thirty years of guiding student inventors...

<p>What happens when a seasoned bioscience leader moves to a new region and starts stitching together an entire innovation ecosystem from scratch? In this episode, we get an inside look at how Kathleen Otto-Rosenblum...