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Since its born as an informal network, Netval has considered the continuous monitoring of the technology transfer process in Italian universities, public research bodies and IRCCS (Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care) to be of fundamental importance.

And above all, he considered it important to do so by collecting reliable empirical evidence, in order to avoid falling into the anecdotal that is too frequently cited to represent the activities of universities in this field.

It is for this reason that, with the coordination of Prof. Andrea Piccaluga, Netval has started since 2002 the collection and analysis of data relating to technology transfer activities in the university environment, using a questionnaire to be filled in by the appointed offices in each university and preparing a specific research report.

From the 30 questionnaires collected in 2004, we have increased to 81 in 2021, with a constant participation by Italian universities and IRCCS (Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care).

The requests for data and information regarding the Netval Survey by the world of the press and research centers are increasingly frequent and contribute to giving visibility to Netval, its associates and the world of technology transfer in the public sphere.

The Survey has in fact managed to represent the growth of the phenomenon of the exploitation of public research results in recent years