This paper concerns the Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRCs) and their influence on a sample of industrial R&D laboratories in the chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment, and transportation equipment industries. IUCRCs are centers of applied engineering within universities that are expressly designed to be dependent on industrial support, and thus to be more sensitive t...

CONTEXT Increased competitive pressures on academic health centers may result in reduced discretionary funds from patient care revenues to support the performance of unsponsored research, including institutionally funded and faculty-supported activities. OBJECTIVE To measure the amount and distribution of unsponsored research activities and their outcomes. DESIGN AND SETTING Survey conducte...

BACKGROUND In order to achieve success in future goals and activities, health research centers are required to identify their key success factors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to extract and rank the factors affecting the success of research centers at one of the medical universities in Iran. METHODS This study is a mixed method (qualitative-quantitative) study, which was conducted between Ma...