Contract Accords Description

A primary project of The University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) is the development of Contract Accords to address the commonly recognized areas in industry sponsored research agreements that typically require additional time for resolution. They are developed by a strategically assembled and dedicated UIDP Working Group composed of research administration professionals from academia and industry with the goal of significantly adding to the current body of knowledge.

The objectives of these Contract Accords is for each party to gain a greater understanding of how these topics can be adequately addressed and allow for mutual benefit to each party during the negotiation of sponsored research agreements. These Contract Accords are the intellectual anchor for TurboNegotiator (TN), a software tool developed by the UIDP to facilitate the negotiation of research agreements between industry sponsors and universities.

An initial set of five Contract Accords was published in August 2009 after several years of effort. The UIDP views them as living documents, and is actively developing additional Contract Accords and updating the initial versions. The matrix below summarizes the status of the development of the UIDP Contract Accords. For additional information, please send an email to uidp@nas.edu.

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UIDP Contract Accord Status

Chapter		Contract Accord Topic	Completed	University Champion	Industry Champion	Proposed	Under Development *	Approved	Revised
0	PRE	Preamble- Good Faith in Fair Dealing	to be reviewed	Jilda Garton, Georgia Tech; Jennifer Murphy, George Mason U	Connie Armentrout, Monsanto		L
1	SOW	Statement of Work	p	Jennifer Murphy, George Mason U	Connie Armentrout, Monsanto		P	Aug-09
2	IND	Indemnification	p	Kathleen Irwin, U of Wisconsin			P	Aug-09
3	PUB	Publications	p	Jilda Garton, GTRC	Sid White, Essilor		P	Aug-09
4	ORR	Other Research Results	p	Kathleen Irwin, U of Wisconsin	Bob Gruetzmacher, DuPont		P	Aug-09
5	BIP	Background Intellectual Property	p	Jilda Garton, Georgia Tech	Tyler Thompson, Dow		P	Aug-09
6	FIP	Foreground Intellectual Property	p	Jilda Garton, Georgia Tech	Connie Armentrout, Monsanto	Dec-09	A	April-11
7	EC	Export Control	p	Susan Burkett, Carnegie Mellon		Dec-09	A	April-11
8	CS	Copyrights and Software	ongoing	Cathy Innes, UNC Chapel Hill/UCLA/(Jennifer Murphy)	Julie Gerstenberger, Kodak		D
9	CDA	Confidential Disclosure Agreements	ongoing	Bill Catlett, U of Texas at Austin	Johannes Dapprich, Generation Biotech	Dec-09	D
10	MTA	Material Transfer Agreements	ongoing	Steve Harsy, U of Wisconsin	Terri Welker, Monsanto	Dec-09	D
11		open	open	open	open
12		open	open	open	open
13	COI	Conflict of Interest	new	Marianne Woods, U of Texas at San Antonio	NN, Kauffman Foundation	April-11	L
14	MSA	Master Service Agreements	new		TBD	April-11	L
15	FSA	Fee for Service Agreements	new			April-11	L

* Code:

C = draft out for comment B = submitted for Board approval A=Approved
P = published

The initial version of the UIDP Contract Accords was copyrighted in 2009 by GTRC on behalf of the members of the UIDP. While the UIDP encourages copying of this publication to enable broad usage, reproduction for sale or profit is strictly prohibited.