[19981117]95-150_合作研发协议.pdf

http:/wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-95-150Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web95-150 SPRUpdated November 17, 1998Cooperative Research and DevelopmentAgreements (CRADAs)Wendy H. SchachtSpecialist in Science and TechnologyScience, Technology, and Medicine DivisionSummaryA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is a mechanismestablished by P.L.99-502, the Federal Technology Transfer Act, to allow the transferof technology, knowledge, and expertise from government laboratories to the privatesector for further development and commercialization. It also provides a means forfederal scientists and engineers to obtain state-of-the-art technical information from theindustrial community. The work done under a CRADA must not detract from themission responsibilities of the laboratory. The government provides support in the wayof overhead for research and development (R&D) performed in the federal laboratoryand is prohibited from providing direct funding to the partner in the collaborative effort.Currently, over 5,000 CRADAs have been signed (including NASA Space ActAgreements). As the 106th Congress begins the debate