May 27, 2014

RE: New Position on Intellectual Property

The following policy and procedure documents and forms are available on the OSPA website:


F&A Cost Recovery
Revision date: May 2014

Intellectual Property
Revision date: May 2014

OSPA Forms page

Industry-Sponsored Project Agreement

  • Applicable for research or service activities funded entirely by a for-profit entity, with no federal or federal flow-through fund involvement, when the Company requires rights in data to the exclusion of the University and/or claims ownership rights to intellectual property that may be developed by the University under the project.
  • Requires an accompanying Industry-Sponsored Project Agreement Intellectual Property Waiver.

Intellectual Property Waiver

  • Utilize for projects governed by any agreement other than the MU industry-sponsored project template agreement (above).