In the United States, a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA or CRDA) is an agreement between a government agency and a private company or university to work together on research and development.
Description
Designated under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-502) (which amended the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480) ),[1] a CRADA is intended to speed the commercialization of technology, optimize resources, and protect the private company involved. A CRADA allows both parties to keep research results confidential for up to five years under the Freedom of Information Act.[2] The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is responsible for preserving the scientific and technical information generated through a CRADA and making this information readily available to the scientific community as well as the public.[3]
Private corporations participating in a CRADA are allowed to file for patent, and they retain patent rights on inventions developed by the CRADA. The government gets a license to the patents.[4]
See also
- Small Business Innovation Research
- Technology transfer
- Research and development agreement
References
- ^ http://history.nih.gov/research/downloads/PL99-502.pdf
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey website
- ^ "Cooperative Research and Development Agreements at the Department of Energy's Office of Science Laboratories, IG-0826 | Department of Energy". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "What is a CRADA", US Department of the Interior website.
Further reading
- Staff. "CRADAs". Office of Technology Transfer. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 12 June 2016.