Overview for CDC Researchers
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The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) strives to support CDC investigators by facilitating collaborations that ensure that public health needs are met. Knowing that public health research is a global activity, CDC researchers often find a need to interface with many other groups, be it a company, academic lab, or even a multi-party relationship. By leveraging the ideas and expertise of others, we thus fulfill our public health mission through these relationships. Below, we present just a few general examples of the types of relationships that we can assist with:
- Exchanges of proprietary materials, software, or other tangible substances
- Exchanges of sensitive/non-published information
- Mutual party exchanges of both non-published information and materials
- Relationships with consortia
- Robust collaborations such as Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and Research Collaboration Agreements (RCAs)
- Trademark registration
- Licensing of materials to companies (patent-protected or otherwise)
Page last reviewed: October 11, 2017
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