Sabbatical Leave
A time period in which a university faculty member (or company employee) does not report to his/her regular job but who remains employed by the university (or company).
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Open Record Laws require a University to make information in its possession available under freedom of information requests filed by the public. Such laws often have specific requirement in how […]
READ MORENon-Profit Organizaation
A business granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Donations made to a nonprofit organization are typically tax deductible to individuals or businesses that make them, but the […]
READ MORENon-Exclusive, Royalty-Free (NERF)
A Non-Exclusive License grants to the licensee the right to use the intellectual property, but means that the licensor remains free to exploit the same intellectual property and to allow […]
READ MORENon-Commercial Research
A research project not aiming at the protection of a commercial entity’s interests. This specifically includes academic research conducted by universities funded by commercial entities in which the conditions of […]
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A situation in which two or more persons co-own a property, e.g., if two or more persons jointly own a property and one of them dies or ceases to exist, […]
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Something of value provided by an industry donor to a university donee with no or few conditions on use, with no expectation of direct benefit to the donor and with […]
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A proprietary set of recorded information that is provided by one party to another party for use under defined conditions. Data can take many forms, originate from many various sources, […]
READ MOREConsulting Agreements
Agreements that researchers enter into with parties other than their employer, acting as a private contractor for the third party.
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A work, such as a periodical issue, anthology or encyclopedia, in which the work in its entirety in unmodified form, along with a number of other contributions, constituting separate and […]
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