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Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (15 USC §3710a)
A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) authorizes federal labs to enter into agreements with other federal agencies, state/local government, industry, non-profits, and universities for licensing agreements for lab developed inventions or intellectual property to commercialize products or processes originating in federal labs.
- Labs may seek an industry partner with resources to successfully market invention or commercialize
- Labs may seek an industry partner to stimulate a market for new technology
- Non-federal/industry partner may seek government lab to further develop unique resources
Common Applications
- Research Development & Demonstration (RD&D) collaboration and technology advancement efforts
Pros |
Cons |
| Can be adapted to a variety of types of collaborative efforts between federal and non-federal organizations to transfer federally funded R&D to private sector | High risk / high reward environment reduces opportunity for technology transition to program of record |
| Enables industry to collaborate with government to jointly research and develop technologies with both commercial and military applications | |
| Streamlined process reduces time to establish agreement | |
| Enables government to acquire expertise without monetary payments to the collaborating partner |
Restrictions
- Limited to government owned or government owned, contractor operated labs
- Government may contribute wide variety of resources, but no funds
- Collaborating partner may contribute funds to the effort, as well as personnel, services and property
- May not provide for research that duplicates research being conducted under existing programs carried out by DoD
Resources
- 15 U.S.C. §3710a Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
- 10 U.S.C. §4026 Cooperative Research and Development Agreements under Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
- CRADA FAQs Naval Research Laboratory
- CRADAs, Army Research Laboratory
- CRADA Program Overview, DISA
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