The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust is a private non-profit organization created in 2004 to encourage and promote innovation, transfer and commercialization of technology and creation of jobs in the technology sector, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]

The Trust is instrumental in setting Puerto Rico's public policy for science, technology, research and development.[2]

The Trust provides funding to new small businesses that have a technology-based business plan.[3]

The Trust has helped inventors get their patents issued.[4]

The director of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Transfer Office, as of 2019, is David Gulley. The goal of the Transfer office is to help Puerto Rico monetize science.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust (Antigua Penitenciaria Estatal Oso Blanco) San Juan". eventful.com. Eventful. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Puerto Rico Science & Research Trust Summit Focuses on Lessons from 2017". Caribbean Business. February 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Schwartz, Molly (April 9, 2019). "In Puerto Rico, Building a Disaster-Proof Business Is Part of Recovery". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ↑ Journal, Rosario Fajardo, The Weekly. "SBA Holds First "Road Tour" in Puerto Rico for Small Businesses, Researchers and Scientists Working on Tech Ideas". The Weekly Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Journal, Rosario Fajardo, The Weekly. "Puerto Rico Making Headway in the Highly Competitive 'Business of Science'". The Weekly Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)



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