The Birth of Federal Tech Transfer with Special Guest: Paul Zielinski

The Transfer Files (podcast) · August 19, 2025

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Opening claim about government and technology commercialization

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Paul Zielinski (identified later in the episode) opens by arguing that government research alone does not produce commercial products: “The government doesn't make stuff. Companies make stuff.” He urged moving inventions out of government custody quickly so the private sector can develop them for public benefit.

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A reaired episode of The Transfer Files podcast features Paul Zielinski, executive director of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC), tracing the history of federal tech transfer, key 1980s laws that shaped it, the FLC's awards and 2020 organizational realignment, and priorities and challenges for the coming decade.

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