Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Trends in University-Industry Research Collaboration -- Chapter 3 Barriers and Lessons of Effective Practices -- Chapter 4 Possible Future Tasks -- Appendix A Presentation by Francis Via Director of Contract Research, Akzo Corporate Research1 at the Workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research March 23-24, 1998 -- Appendix B Presentation by Teri Willey Vice-President, ARCH Development Corporation1 at the Workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research March 23-24, 1998 -- Appendix C University-Industry Collaborations Discussed at the Workshop -- Appendix D Workshop Agenda -- Appendix E Workshop Participants -- Endnotes.