You asked for ideas. The federal government spends a lot of money on research and development. Have we ever considered putting a condition on it that there's a requirement for a partnership between the private sector and the university? That's one suggestion. You've already got the resources and the infrastructure in place to monitor compliance. Certainly people respond to incentives, and if that's an incentive, then they're going to find ways to work together.
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