Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) is a legal agreement,
a contract, with a private sector partner or another Government agency to
cooperatively conduct research and development in a given technical area and
share in the technical results. CRADAs can save both industry and the Government
laboratory costs and valuable time to achieve mutually desirable results. CRADAs
can be initiated as the result of common technical interests which may come to
light as the result of a variety of processes, such as:
- Exhibits at conferences or trade shows
- Technical paper presentation at conferences
- Professional friendships between researchers
- Expansion of technology under currently licensed patents
- Navy Technology Transfer Home Page On Internet
- Referrals
- Technology briefings to industry
Under a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement the commercial partner
can provide facilities, equipment, personnel, and funding to the CRADA. The
Government partner can provide the same things EXCEPT for funding.