Are Research Alliances Between State Agricultural Experiment Stations Incompatible with the Original

?1A RE R A B P F A ND LU C T HE PDonald A. Holt & J. Bruce BullockIncreased collaboration between private firms and State Agricultural Experiment Stations(SAES) raises fears that the independence, objectivity, and credibility of SAES and theirscientists may be compromised. Likewise, there is concern that public funds provided tothese institutions will be expended for private gain. This paper addresses the need for, andprovides examples of, increased public/private collaboration and the policies and protocols agriculture; collaboration; industry; intellectual property; public-privateKey words:The Mission Statement 1SAES administrators at their respective universities. © 1999 AgBioForum.Bullock is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri. Both authors have served asDonald A. Holt is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Agronomy at the University of Illinois. Bruce_________________________________________________act assigned to the SAES the following responsibility:universities. The Hatch Act (1887) created the SAES and placed them in land-grant institutions. TheState Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) are the agricultural research arm of Land GrantOf SAESnatural resource conservation.including social impacts of new technology, human health, food safety, environmental quality, andeffectively with the private sector and at the same time address issues of broad public interest,grow in size and complexity. ...