MSU Agreements with Industry Grid
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Types of Agreement [1]
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Gift/Donations/ Programmatic Support |
Collaborative Research Agreement |
Sponsored Research Agreement
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Testing Services Agreement
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Material Transfer Agreements
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Non-Disclosrure Agreements |
Scope of Work | None | Specified Area of Research of interest to both parties | Description of Research Project prepared by PI | Usually testing proprietary materials owned by company | Use usually limited to internal research purposes | Usually for initial discussions for purposes of future agreement |
Deliverable | None | Reports as negotiated by the parties | Report(s) required by Sponsor | Proprietary Test Results of Services | None | None |
Terms of Publication | None (publication not required) | MSU Retains Publication Rights | Generally, MSU retains Publication Rights (unless otherwise negotiated with the company) | Negotiated with the company | None. Publication is usually restricted | None. Publication is usually restricted |
Intellectual Property Terms | None (MSU Owns) | MSU Owns IP created by MSU faculty and staff | MSU Owns with License Option to Sponsor | Sponsor Owns IP arising directly from requested services. University owns all other IP developed. | None. Sender retains IP rights | None. Discloser retains rights |
[1] See, Types of Agreements with Industry for full description of agreements and authorized signatories. The university also requires a Facilities/Equipment Use Agreement to be signed by the VPREDGE for any use of university facilities or equipment by non-university personnel.
Agreement Required
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Gift Reporting Form, Appendix B Accepting and Processing Gift Policy | Collaboration Research Agreement – contact Technology Transfer Office | MSU Standard Research Agreement | MSU Testing Service Agreement or company testing agreement approved by MSU | MSU Material Transfer Agreement | MSU Nondisclosure Agreement |
Typical Billing / Payment Method | Check made Payable to the MSU Foundation or MSU | Usually unfunded | Fixed price, cost reimbursable | Fixed price, cost reimbursable | Usually no payment required | None |
Official approved to Sign Agreements | MSU Foundation or VPAF | VPREDGE | Associate VPREDGE | Associate VPREDGE | VPREDGE | VPREDGE |
Responsible MSU Office (START HERE)[2] | MSU Foundation/MSU VPAF |
TTO | TTO | ORC | ORC | ORC |
[2] The university requires the appropriate MSU office to be contacted prior to negotiation with the industry partner. Furthermore, the appropriate MSU office will engage with the industry partner.