What are CRADAs?
Estimated Course Completion Time: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Course Description
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) are one of technology transfer’s most important mechanisms, and understanding them is crucial for most federal T2 professionals. These courses offer a one-stop shop for everything CRADA. You will learn about the CRADA and how it works from seasoned experts who will share a real-life example. Course topics include CRADA authority and laws, practices, and pitfalls, as well as intellectual property considerations. This is for the beginner to intermediate level professional.
Learning Outcomes
- Defining CRADAs, their function, and purpose
- Origins of the CRADA
- Federal and Nonfederal partners
- How are CRADAs accomplished
- Benefits for the public, private sector, and federal labs
- Identifying when CRADAs are needed
- Why and how CRADAs are initiated
- How to find a CRADA partner
- Ways that a CRADA and Intellectual Property Interact with each other
- Identifying the basics of a CRADA document General responsibilities of all parties when performing a CRADA
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