Incentivizing Impact Through Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: An International Review of University Policies

Randolph Hall, HonNAI, Annicka Caprariello, and Amber Patel of the University of Southern California examine tenure and promotion (T&P) and IP policies at highly ranked global research universities to assess how policies account for faculty activities that broaden the impact of their scholarship, particularly through intellectual property and open scholarship. He provides example policy language to illustrate how universities can articulate evolving forms of knowledge transfer and offers recommendations for T&P that align with the university mission, encompassing both disciplinary contributions and broader public service.