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Iowa State University was awarded the M&O Contract for the USDOE Ames Laboratory. The new contract began January 1, 2007. The new Contract number is DE-AC02-07CH11358. |
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| These documents (one a .doc, one a .pdf)) describe the USDOE Ames Laboratory's Mission, Roles, Core Competencies, Research Programs, New Research Initiatives, and Administrative Programs. For more information, please contact Deb Covey, Associate Director of Sponsored Research Administration, via email at covey@ameslab.gov or via telephone at 515-294-1048. | ||||||
The Ames Laboratory has a history of successful invention disclosure, patent application, and issued patents. You can see the Ames Laboratory’s eight year record by following the links below.
Ames Laboratory intellectual property is available for licensing through the Iowa State University Research Foundation (ISURF). ISURF can discuss licenses on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis -- whichever helps move the technology to the market in the most businesslike and efficient manner. For additional information on technologies available for licensing, visit their web site of the ISU Research Foundation. |
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| The USDOE Ames Laboratory is committed to developing and transferring technologies. Each year over the past decade, it has generated an average of 10 patents from DOE-supported research, and enters into about five technology license agreements and/or options. Collaborations between industry and the Ames Laboratory can help both parties meet their common technological objectives, while reducing development costs and risks. Knowing what to expect of a partnership with the Ames Laboratory can help both parties identify appropriate opportunities, negotiate agreements, and meet one another’s expectations. For more information on the technology transfer at the Laboratory, please read “Doing Business with the Ames Laboratory”. | ||||||
| CRADA’s enable the Ames Laboratory and one or more partners (usually from industry or academia) to collaborate, share costs and pool the results of a particular R&D program. The Laboratory may provide personnel, facilities, equipment or other resources to these R&D collaborations. Collaborating partners may provide funds, personnel, equipment or other resources. Key features of CRADA's and CRADA negotiations include protection of sensitive project data and the negotiation of project-related intellectual property rights. Projects are billed on a cost-recovery basis, and the Laboratory is not allowed to serve as a source of funds for project partners. The boilerplate CRADA agreement can be seen here. | ||||||
| The Laboratory can conduct work for industry, small businesses or other federal agencies. WFO project plans are usually specified by the external partner(s), and the execution of the work is performed by technically qualified Laboratory staff using Laboratory facilities. The work must not affect the Laboratory's achievement of its Department of Energy (DOE) program requirements, and must not directly compete with capabilities available in the private sector. The work is billed on a cost recovery basis. WFO agreements include terms that provide for the protection of project data, as well as for the allocation of rights to data and intellectual property developed under an agreement. The boilerplate WFO agreement can be seen here. | ||||||
| Ames Laboratory can enter into contractual agreements with private companies and institutions for research that cannot be found within the private sector. These employ the CRADA or WFO mechanisms described above. They allow the Laboratory, on a best effort basis, to provide services and research abilities related to the Laboratory's mission and unique capabilities. These "contract" arrangements are often parts of larger federal programs, such as the Department of Commerce's Advanced Technology Program (ATP), the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the federal Small Business Technology Transfer Research program (STTR), or other federal agencies’ R&D programs. | ||||||
| These programs provide opportunities for visiting professionals from industry or universities to participate in established research studies at Ames Laboratory, usually for periods of six months to one year in duration. Participants may introduce their own relevant projects within related Laboratory R&D areas or, in some cases, the Lab may exchange personnel who travel to an outside location to work on complementary projects. A limited number of opportunities are available, contingent upon approval from DOE. The Laboratory can provide office space, support and access to Laboratory facilities. The visiting scientist's organization provides salary and benefits. Proprietary information that the visiting professional brings to the Laboratory remains confidential. Intellectual property rights developed as part of the research exchange may be retained by the visiting professional's employer, by the Ames Laboratory or by both parties, depending on the inventor's affiliations and the exchange agreement. | ||||||
| Participants in the Ames Laboratory's complex collaborative R&D environment may experience uncertainties or questions they describe as "business concerns" or project-related "ambiguities." The Ames Laboratory Ombuds Program provides the Laboratory’s industrial R&D partners, and those in the broader marketplace with questions about Ames Laboratory R&D, with a neutral and a confidential point of contact for voicing these concerns. To accomplish this mission, the Ombuds will act as an advocate for a fair process and the Ames Laboratory’s institutional values, rather than an advocate for any specific party (i.e., the Ombuds will NOT serve as an advocate for the USDOE, Laboratory, its M&O contractor, an R&D collaborator or for any party to a concern). While the Ombuds may assist R&D partners and other firms with a problem-solving process, the ultimate "ownership" of the concerns and their resolution resides with the parties involved. For more information, see the Ombuds page, or please contact Todd Zdorkowski, 128 Spedding Hall, phone: 515-294-5640, e-mail: zdorkowski@ameslab.gov. | ||||||
| The Ames Laboratory is a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). The FLC is a nationwide network of federal laboratories. It is a forum for developing strategies and opportunities that link laboratory-developed technologies and expertise with the marketplace. The FLC was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and to strengthen technology transfer. Today, more than 700 major federal laboratories, centers departments and agencies are members of the FLC. To visit the FLC website, go to:
To manage the technology transfer efforts of the FLC, the U.S. is divided into six geographical regions. Each of the regions is run by a Regional Coordinator and Deputy Regional Coordinator. The Ames laboratory is located in the Mid-Continent Region. To find out more about the Mid-Continent region, click on the link below: |
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OSRA is responsible for the Pre-Proposal Form (PPF). The PPF must be completed and approved for each out-of-cycle DOE proposal, and for all non-DOE proposals, where Ames Laboratory personnel and/or facilities are utilized. This must be done before submission of a pre-proposal or full proposal to any potential funding agency/partner. Please contact Carol Cowan (4-6486) for the PPF number you need to complete the form, and contact Deb Covey, Carol Cowan or Todd Zdorkowski if you have any questions. |
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