Transcript Incentive Return Practice

Sponsored Programs
Coordinator
Meeting
October 21, 2010
Agenda
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New Research & OSP Staff – Mike Strickland
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F&A Waivers and Cost Sharing Requests – Lynn Kunkle
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Cost Sharing – Roberta Elrod
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Employee ID # on Proposal Processing Form – Roberta Elrod
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A-133 – Roberta Elrod
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Clemson University Research Foundation & Technology Transfer –
Joanna Floyd
Office
of
Sponsored Programs
New Research & OSP Staff
Presenter: Mike Strickland
• Welcome
• Dr. Gerald Sonnenfeld, Vice President for Research
– Authorized Signature for Clemson University
– [email protected]
• Kristen LaRoche – Grant Administrator
– [email protected]
F&A Waivers and Cost Sharing
Requests
Presenter: Lynn Kunkle
• VPR will not approve any F&A waivers; Associate Deans for
Research have been informed
• VPR will only contribute cost sharing if required by the
sponsor
Office
of
Sponsored Programs
Accounting
&
Administration
Cost Sharing
Presenter: Roberta Elrod
• Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing
– NSF Policy on Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing
– http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf110
01/gpg_sigchanges.jsp
– Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is
prohibited
– Mandatory cost sharing will only be required when
explicitly authorized by the NSF Director
Miscellaneous Items
Presenter: Roberta Elrod
• Principal Investigator’s Full Name and Employee ID number
must be on Proposal Processing Form (PPF)
• Remind Principal Investigators to review all information on
PPF because it impacts information in PeopleSoft as well as
Faculty Activity System (FAS)
• Clemson University’s FY10 A-133 audit
– http://www.clemson.edu/cfo/spaa
PPF – User Name & Employee ID#
Presenter: Roberta Elrod
Clemson University
Research Foundation
&
Technology Transfer
Clemson University Research
Foundation Mission
CURF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity
organized and operated to support
and promote the educational,
research, and economic development
activities of Clemson University.
CURF’s Support Functions
Sponsored
Research
Off Campus
Facilities
Business
Incubation
Technology
Transfer
Contract
Services
Start-Up
Companies
Business
Recruitment
Technology Transfer is…
the process of moving technology
from the research stage to its
practical application.
Licensing
Research
Results
Start-Up
Income
Research &
Development
Licensing
Idea
Technology
Transfer
Cycle
Invention
Disclosure
Marketing
Protection
Technology
Assessment
Clemson’s Technology Transfer
Process
• Confidential Invention Disclosure Form (CIDF)
submitted to CURF
• CURF Technology Commercialization Officer
(TCO) assigned to case
• TCO conducts preliminary review with inventors
• CIDF submitted to Intellectual Property
Subcommittee (IPS) for review
• IPS recommends action to CURF
• CURF manages protecting, marketing and
commercializing invention
Note:
Public Disclosures
• Public disclosure includes:
– Journal article
– Presentation at public meeting
– Thesis or dissertation defense
– Awarded research grant or contract
– Public use or offer to sell in the U.S.
• Absolute bar to foreign patent rights
• Can retain U.S. IP rights only if patent
application filed within one year of public
disclosure
*LIMITED DISCLOSURE NOTICE
The portions of this document marked with an
asterisk contain confidential information that is, or
may be, the subject of a United States Patent
Application which is important to future
commercial efforts based on such confidential
information, and in which the U.S. Government
has an interest. Accordingly, such portions of this
document are confidential information and are
exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552(b)(3) and
§552(b)(4); and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §205, and
37 C.F.R. Part 401, §401.13(c).
Note:
Third Party Intellectual Property
• Creators may not have rights to use third
party intellectual property even for
research purposes without permission
• Creators should contact CURF before
initiating research using intellectual
property conceived or reduced to practice
at another institution or company
• Pay special attention to the intellectual
property question on the Proposal
Processing Form
Contact Information
JoAnna L. Floyd
Acting Director, Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer
Assistant Director of Licensing and Contracts, CURF
Clemson University Research Foundation
Advanced Materials Research Laboratory
Clemson Research Park
91 Technology Drive
Anderson, SC 29625
Phone: 864.656.3989
Fax: 864.656.0474
Email: [email protected]
For more information about CURF and
Technology Transfer,
please visit our website:
www.clemson.edu/curf