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UIDP Active Projects Case Studies – A compilation of new examples of successful university-industry collaborations, an update of UIDP’s 2006 publication Living Studies.
Conflicts of Interest – Principled Partnerships – Reframing dialogue about conflicts of interest (COI) as disclosure of principled partnerships (PP), UIDP aims to bring universities and industry together in how they talk about COI-PP and to improve public understanding of COI-PP. Contract Accords – The inaugural project for the UIDP. This project tackles significant issues affecting university-industry sponsored research agreements. To date, background Intellectual Property (IP), indemnification, other research results, publications, and statement of work have been addressed. Current issues under study are foreground IP, Material Transfer Agreements (MTA), and Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA). To learn more and to see the Contract Accord Status... Measures and Metrics – Quantifying the value proposition of UIDP, showing progress made to the members, and improving promotion of the organization and its offerings.
Negotiation Agreement Workshops – One of the best ways to enhance collaborations is to reduce the time needed to reach sponsored research agreements between parties. These workshops use the learnings from the contract accords and real life agreements to add significant understanding to the important issues affecting agreements.
Webinar Series - The UIDP and the National Council for Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer (NCET2) put on several webinar series which highlight programs and initiatives that support or impact university-industry collaborations and promote U.S. competitiveness. Information about upcoming webinars and subscription links are available at http://center.ncet2.org/. There are three series currently being offered: - Government – Government agencies are provided a forum to discuss programs and initiatives that they support and operate at the university-industry interface. Agencies that have presented include DTRA, NIH, NSF and USDA.
- Industry – Companies give an overview of their strategies for engaging external parties and describe the process they use to identify potential partners, formalize arrangements and monitor activities.
- University – Institutional representatives present research strengths or IP ready for licensing to raise awareness of the project applications and solicit potential partners. Learn more...
Federal Flow Down Clauses – Prime contractors often negotiate a US government contract without considering the impact of flow downs for university subcontractors that if understood upfront, would facilitate the subcontract process and result in subcontracts that are optimal for both the Prime and the university. This project proposes to identify best practices around negotiating USG flow down clauses in a way that could improve subcontractor negotiations and results. Our approach is to raise the level of awareness of USG clauses that are problematic for universities, identify alternative approaches or clauses that have been successfully used, and develop a UDIP accord that identifies the issues and challenges and provides guidance around them. Because Federal Acquisition Regulations [FAR] clauses change over time, we propose a structure that would allow us to refresh the information yearly to keep it current and identify new issues as they arise. The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Contracts Subcommittee monitors “troublesome clauses” and The Council of Governmental Relations have been approached about partnering on this project. Learn more...
UIDP Inactive Projects Corporate RFP – A diverse set of companies have issued one type of request for proposals (RFP’s) known as “open call”. Open call RFP’s are requests for new ideas and proposed solutions in broad areas of interest to the company. This project seeks to identify key terms and conditions that impact the effectiveness of these RFPs in getting responses from the target audience. Learn more...
Partnership Continuum – Universities and companies use a multitude of mechanisms for partnering with each other to advance their interests. This project seeks to systematically categorize and perform a critical assessment of this continuum of partnership possibilities that will assist others in the future. Learn more... Researcher Guidebook - Many institutional (i.e. universities, national labs and other nonprofit organizations) investigators wish to work with industry to advance their research agenda and ensure relevance of their scholarly pursuits. These investigators face challenges in identifying appropriate strategies for making the necessary connections within industry and dealing with industry related cultural differences. Industry researchers face similar challenges. Industry project leaders and researchers may seek to access academic assets (personnel and infrastructure) to advance their product development and innovation programs. The UIDP is creating a strategic tool targeted at promoting greater understanding of the issues that face both parties in order to facilitate more effective relationships to the mutual benefit of both parties. Learn more...
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