Corporate RFP Quick Guide
A number of the UIDP’s corporate members have used a request for proposals (RFP) approach to identify high-performing academic labs and individual experts who can meet their specific research and […]
READ MOREComparing Internal Structures Guide
Comparing Internal Structures to Promote U-I Collaboration: How Universities are Structured to Work with Industry This guide is designed to educate company representatives on how universities are structured, how they […]
READ MORECommodities Roundtable Workshop Report
A strategic set of representatives from the academic and commodity (Check-off) groups met in June 2015 at the National Academies in Washington, DC to discuss effective research contracting strategies and […]
READ MORECatalyzing U-I Engagement Workshop
Meeting summary from workshop about catalyzing U-I Engagement to Promote the Nation’s Competitiveness. The meeting summary explores the challenges and new approaches to university-industry-government collaboration. The UIDP developed its IP […]
READ MORECase Studies in U-I Collaboration
An examination of effective U-I engagement in action, in 10 high-value, high-return university-industry partnerships. To download this document, click here
READ MOREAccelerated Confidential Disclosure Agreement (ACDA)
After developing the ACTA, representatives from CTSA universities and from the UIDP came together to develop a confidential disclosure agreement (a.k.a., non-disclosure agreement) to pair with the ACTA. An annotated […]
READ MOREContract Accord 16: Software
The topic of software was originally covered briefly in Contract Accord 8: Copyright & Software. Now, copyright and software have been split into two separate accords and work is under […]
READ MOREContract Accord 15: Conflict of Interest
Financial Conflict of Interest (COI) is a fact of life that arises from the many and varied roles and relationships between University researchers and Industry sponsors. This publication provides Industry […]
READ MOREContract Accord 14: Data Use Agreements
Data is often a necessary component or the result of a research project. For purposes of this Contract Accord, “Data” means a proprietary set of recorded information that is provided […]
READ MOREContract Accord 13: Specialized Services/Testing Agreements
This contract accord addresses agreements that fall outside traditional industry sponsored research agreements and go by various titles depending on the institution or organization involved. Specialized services agreements, testing agreements, […]
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