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Webinar: New Contracting Models

For many universities and their industry partners traditional approaches to negotiating sponsored research and license agreements may not produce the desired results. New models that are intended to streamline university industry agreement and promote more and better university-industry partnerships have emerged over the last few years. This session will describe a few of these approaches […]

Webinar: Liability, Warranties, Assumption and Allocation of Risk

Assessment of risk is an important part of determining reasonable contract terms, and too often, that step is neglected, with negotiators instead relying on standard positions. Terms addressing liability, indemnification, warranties, and insurance are often relegated to “boilerplate” status and not given the attention they need or deserve in university-industry agreements. Both parties have constraints […]

Webinar: Basic Budgeting Strategies for Industry Agreements

The budget is key in determining whether it is feasible to proceed with a sponsored project. The budget should reflect the funding required to successfully undertake the proposed project and allow the industry sponsor to assess whether those funds are available. Budgets detail and format may vary but include direct and indirect costs. Sometimes additional […]

Sony Research Award Program Webinar (2019)

UIDP will host an informative webinar about the Sony Research Award Program on Monday, July 22 from 1–1:45pm ET with 20 minutes of presentation and the rest for Q&A from the audience. Learn more about the award program, submission guidelines and application deadlines during Sony’s webinar with Mark Ortiz, the manager of the Strategy & Planning Office for Sony Corporation of America’s U.S. Research Center.

Propelling U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness through Cybersecurity Innovations (2019)

During this informational webinar, Drs. Peng Liu and Jingjing Li of Penn State will discuss the focus of the institute, how it will be structured, and how your organization can join us in building a new university/industry collaboration to expand our ability to address evolving cybersecurity threats to greater energy efficiency in manufacturing industries, develop new cybersecurity technologies and methods, and share information and knowledge to the broader community of U.S. manufacturers.