Guidelines for Research Agreements with Universities

The Society of Research Administrators, representing universities across the country, have developed guidelines for external agreements. The document they refer to is called Guide to University - Industry Research Agreements. A copy is available for reference purposes in the Center.

By thinking along the lines of these guidelines you can be sure that consortium agreements among the Center, an industry, and a university would be likely to be accepted. Additionally, specific clauses in this Guide can be adapted for use in other agreements the Center may make directly with industry. These elements are covered in the Guide:

• Recitals (these serve as an introduction to the binding terms)
  
  
• Description of research and reporting (the progress of work)
  
  
• Period of agreement (term and termination)
  
  
• Financial (amounts, reporting, and limitations)
  
  
• Equipment (ownership and use)
  
  
• Use of names (name not to be used for promotion)
  
  
• Publication (freedom to publish results of research)
  
  
• Patents and licensing (where rights are vested)
  
  
• Liabilities (indemnification and limits of liability)
  
  
• Third parties (conflict of interest and related research)

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