11 18 20 11 Agreement Management The Agreement Management organization is responsible for a number of functions, including: • Preparation, negotiation and execution of all research funds coming to INL and research collaboration agreements with industry, academia and other government agencies, • Leading the process to determine appropriate research and development (R&D) agreement mechanisms, and • Managing expectations of technical leads, principal investigators, managerial staff and sponsors relative to the implementation of sound contracting practices. Agreement Purpose Funding Benefits Requirements Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) Collaborate and share results of a jointly conducted R&D project Private and/or Federal Collaborate: Leverages research efforts and funding by INL and Partner. Inventions: INL and Partner may own their respective inventions. Confidentiality: Generated information can be protected for up to five years; Partner’s proprietary information can be protected. License: Partner has option to negotiate license to INL inventions. • Substantial U.S. manufacturing requirements (or benefit to U.S.) for products embodying CRADA- generated intellectual property • 90-day advance payment for privately funded • Government-use license to generate IP • Approval by DOE Strategic Partnership Project (SPP) Allows INL to perform mission- related, reimbursable work Private or Federal (federal sponsor terms negotiated by DOE) Access: Highly specialized or unique DOE facilities, services or technical expertise; Helps non-DOE entities accomplish technology goals that may otherwise be unattainable; Avoids duplication of effort. Inventions: IP ownership subject to project parameters; Transfer INL technologies to marketplace for further development or commercialization. Confidentiality: Generated information treated as proprietary when marked; Partner’s proprietary information can be protected. Strategic: Maintain core competencies and enhance INL science and technology base. • U.S. Preference: No exclusive 3rd-party license to project-generated IP unless manufactured substantially in the U.S. • 90-day advance payment • Government-use license to generated IP • Approval by DOE Federal Access: Highly specialized or unique DOE facilities, services or technical expertise. Inventions: Terms of government funding agreement apply. Confidentiality: In accordance with government funding agreement. • U.S. Preference: see above. • 90-day advance payment. • Government-use license to generated IP. • Approval by DOE. Goals Enable discovery in energy and security by cultivating positive and enduring partnerships with researchers, academia, industry, national laboratories and community. • Strategic Partnership Projects and Cooperative Research & Development Agreements: Leverage resources and capabilities to support private sector and other federal partners. • National and International: Enable strategic engagements and exert global influence. 2018 Agreement Mechanisms