On Apr. 7, 2020, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University announced they had established and committed to a set of technology licensing principles that will incentivize and allow for the most broad and equitable access to university innovations during the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

The joint ﾓCOVID-19 Technology Access Frameworkﾔ set a model by which critically important technologies that may help prevent, diagnose, or treat COVID-19 infections may be deployed for the greatest public benefit without delay.