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SPARKing academic technologies across the valley of death

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Stanford’s SPARK program has established a process that advances academic discoveries to industry partnerships or investigator-initiated clinical trials and provides training that enhances career opportunities for its graduates.

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Fig. 1: SPARK Global, a network of translational research programs on six continents.
Fig. 2: SPARK’s weekly meeting of the minds.
Fig. 3: Success rate of the Stanford SPARK Program.
Fig. 4: Follow-on funding of SPARK projects.

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The authors are very grateful to L. Einav at the Department of Economics, Stanford University for his expert guidance and helpful discussion.

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  1. SPARK Translational Research Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Jeewon Sylvia Kim, Stephen Kargotich, Sophia H. Lee, Rieko Yajima, Adriana Ann Garcia, Gretchen Ehrenkaufer, Mary Romeo, Peter Santa Maria, Kevin V. Grimes & Daria Mochly-Rosen

  2. Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Peter Santa Maria

  3. Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Kevin V. Grimes & Daria Mochly-Rosen

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Kim, J.S., Kargotich, S., Lee, S.H. et al. SPARKing academic technologies across the valley of death. Nat Biotechnol 42, 339–342 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02130-5

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