TR
Labs
Leverage - Affiliate Sponsor
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97
0
TR
Labs
Graduates' Next Steps
by Percentage
Western Firms 14
Western Sponsors 30
TR
Labs
4
Ontario Sponsors 26
Ontario Firms 4
Foreign Firms 8
TR
Labs
Research Program
Wireless
Photonics
Software
Networks
Access
TR
Labs
Technology
140
55
34
83
Invention Disclosures
Considered by Sponsors
Pursued by Sponsors
Patents / Pending
50
Proprietary Technical Reports 140
Journal Papers & Theses
180
Publications
350
Standards Contributions
5
Conferences
25
TR
Labs
Research Impact
Performance vs NCEs
3.8
14
1.1
5
0.2
1.5
34
49
13.2
9.9
2.6
0.6
Invention
Disclosures
ave/yr
Patent
Applications
ave/yr
Patents
Awarded
ave/yr
Collaboration
Agreements
ave/yr
TR
Labs
External Evaluation
1995
Ernst &
Young
1993
Ordino
Inc.
TR
Labs
External Evaluation
“... mandate and strategy were both appropriate to the province’s industrial
and technology capabilities and supportive of its economic development objectives”
“... the mandate has been successfully developed and implemented through
effective management”
1990 Stanford Research Institute“... has generated economic development activity through its own operations and
by attracting sponsorships from industry” “... has had an impact through its
infrastructure role in attracting investments in the wireless
telecommunications industry in Calgary” “... the mechanisms employed are effective
and the conditions for the institute’s success are present”
1993 Ordino Inc.
“...an excellent approach to meeting its
stated mandate and objectives”
“... an excellent model to gain tripartite
collaboration by industry, government
and academia and to conduct longer-term
precompetitive research in a way which
provides financial leverage to all participants”
“... governments get as much if not more
financial leverage from TRLabs as they
received from any other research
consortia in Canada”
TR
Labs
Synergy Award
U N I V E R S I T
Y-S
ynergy
I N D U S T R Y
R
R
&
&
D
D
P
P
A R T N E R S H I P
A R T N E R S H I P
A
A W A R D
W A R D
Sponsored by:
The Conference Board
of Canada
TR
Labs
ASTech Award
Alberta
Science & Technology
Leadership Award
ASTech Award
ASTech Award
TR
Labs
International Activities
Technical Publications/Conferences
International Missions/Visits
Wireless & Multi-Media Conferences
Lucent, MCI, BT, NECTEC
