Sponsored Programs Coordinator

Meeting

October 21, 2010

Agenda

• New Research & OSP Staff – Mike Strickland

• F&A Waivers and Cost Sharing Requests – Lynn Kunkle

• Cost Sharing – Roberta Elrod

• Employee ID # on Proposal Processing Form – Roberta Elrod

• A-133 – Roberta Elrod

• Clemson University Research Foundation & Technology Transfer – Joanna Floyd

Office of

Sponsored Programs

New Research & OSP StaffPresenter: Mike Strickland

• Welcome

• Dr. Gerald Sonnenfeld, Vice President for Research– Authorized Signature for Clemson University– cuosp@clemson.edu

• Kristen LaRoche – Grant Administrator– klaroch@clemson.edu

F&A Waivers and Cost Sharing RequestsPresenter: 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 SharingPresenter: Roberta Elrod

• Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing

– NSF Policy on Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing– http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf1100

1/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 ItemsPresenter: 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

TechnologyTransfer

Sponsored Research

Off Campus Facilities

Contract Services

Business Recruitment

Start-Up Companies

Business Incubation

Technology Transfer is…

the process of moving technology from the research stage to its

practical application.

Research Results

Licensing

Start-Up

Research & Development

Idea

Invention Disclosure

Technology AssessmentProtection

Marketing

Licensing

Income

Technology Transfer

Cycle

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. FloydActing Director, Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer

Assistant Director of Licensing and Contracts, CURF

Clemson University Research FoundationAdvanced Materials Research Laboratory

Clemson Research Park91 Technology DriveAnderson, SC 29625Phone: 864.656.3989

Fax: 864.656.0474Email: floyd5@clemson.edu

For more information about CURF and

Technology Transfer, please visit our website:

www.clemson.edu/curf