How can I get a particular piece of technology that is not currently available under a BiOS license?

Stimulation and sponsorship of targeted innovation can occur through commissioned research and participation in challenge or bounty systems.  We have been envisioning a process similar to InnoCentive, Inc. (www.innocentive.com), except in this case organised through the non-profit BiOS Initiative so that there is attention to maintaining freedom to operate, and freedom to cooperate.

You can initiate such challenges by suggesting a targeted BioForge Project and seeding it with technology that would benefit by collaborative, distributive development.   By doing so, you are not changing the ownership of the technology, just providing the right to use it and obtaining leverage in the shared right to use and protect improvements.  

Some technologies we believe are of interest include core technologies that all players, large and small, need for the next generation of innovation, such as homologous recombination, apomixis, new pharmaceutical screening or production systems, and vaccine development and delivery.

See How do I Suggest a Project? on the BioForge.