The academy was founded in 2010 by Paul Sanberg,[REF] a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, inventor, and the senior vice president for research and innovation at the University of South Florida.
On September 18, 2014, U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, introduced H.R. 5650, to grant a Federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors [REF].