The study presents extensive data from 167 faculty and administration, primarily drawn from many of the world's the world's leading engineering programs, especially from the United States but also from Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand.

The 64-page report presents findings on how faculty and administration evaluate the efforts of their respective universities to manage patents, organize sponsored research opportunities, incentivize faculty to develop and submit technology to university authorities, publicize university research and pursue research opportunities for faculty. The study provides specific data on each of these areas, as well as measuring feelings about university policies on the role of Chinese and Russian nationals in technology research.

The report also gives detailed data on opinions on whether financial support to departments promoting and managing university technology transfer, sponsored research and other related areas should be increased, decreased or left unchanged.