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Serbia’s Research Infrastructure Faces a New Challenge: Turning Public Science Into Commercial Assets

Serbia is expanding its laboratory and research capacity, putting greater emphasis on the commercial value that can emerge from publicly supported scientific work. The development creates a policy challenge extending beyond research infrastructure. Patents, companies and future revenues generated through publicly funded laboratories and grants will require clear ownership arrangements between researchers, institutions and private investors. Technology transfer becomes a governance priority Public authorities can more readily measure investment in physical research infrastructure and grants than the commercialisation of scientific…