Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’

Abstract This comment paper refers to the article published by Gauvreau et al. in Engineering Biology in 2018. Gauvreau et al. discussed various civilian models in the private and public sectors that could boost R&D plus Innovation (R&D&I) progress in the environmental sphere. The author...

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Main Authors: Ilya Klabukov, Olga Krasilnikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Engineering Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/enb2.12007
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description Abstract This comment paper refers to the article published by Gauvreau et al. in Engineering Biology in 2018. Gauvreau et al. discussed various civilian models in the private and public sectors that could boost R&D plus Innovation (R&D&I) progress in the environmental sphere. The authors concluded that there is no tried‐and‐tested R&D&I model for engineering biology that is suited to help solve the problems of many grand and interacting challenges, and further, that the required model will not work without the private sector, so governments must collaborate to develop such a model. However, the authors have not mentioned one of the most famous classic Research & Development (R&D) models used in the creation of disruptive technologies—a unique model of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense. The present commentary poses questions about the models currently used in innovative research, known as DARPA‐like R&D agencies, and the innovative ecosystems around them.
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spelling doaj.art-949ff94bc38a45a2b00e445a3c66314b2022-12-22T03:35:27ZengWileyEngineering Biology2398-61822021-06-0152484910.1049/enb2.12007Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’Ilya Klabukov0Olga Krasilnikova1Department of Regenerative Technologies and Biofabrication National Medical Research Radiological Center 4 Koroleva St. Obninsk RussiaDepartment of Regenerative Technologies and Biofabrication National Medical Research Radiological Center 4 Koroleva St. Obninsk RussiaAbstract This comment paper refers to the article published by Gauvreau et al. in Engineering Biology in 2018. Gauvreau et al. discussed various civilian models in the private and public sectors that could boost R&D plus Innovation (R&D&I) progress in the environmental sphere. The authors concluded that there is no tried‐and‐tested R&D&I model for engineering biology that is suited to help solve the problems of many grand and interacting challenges, and further, that the required model will not work without the private sector, so governments must collaborate to develop such a model. However, the authors have not mentioned one of the most famous classic Research & Development (R&D) models used in the creation of disruptive technologies—a unique model of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense. The present commentary poses questions about the models currently used in innovative research, known as DARPA‐like R&D agencies, and the innovative ecosystems around them.https://doi.org/10.1049/enb2.12007innovation management
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
Engineering Biology
innovation management
title Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
title_full Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
title_fullStr Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
title_full_unstemmed Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
title_short Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Comment on ‘Engineering biology and the grand challenges: Do we need a new R&D&I model?’
title_sort defense advanced research projects agency comment on engineering biology and the grand challenges do we need a new r d i model
topic innovation management
url https://doi.org/10.1049/enb2.12007
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