OSPA Forms Update: Intellectual Property Waiver and Publication Restriction Waiver

MU Grants Community,

Two important forms have been updated on our OSPA Forms Page – The Intellectual Property Waiver and the Publication Restriction Waiver. Please begin using these updated versions when requesting a waiver.

The new waiver forms were created to streamline the IP and publication waiver process among all UM campuses. The requirement to notify all employees and students working on the project has extended from IP waivers to publication waivers in an effort to ensure everyone, especially any student who may be working on their thesis, is aware the restrictions are in place. There is space in Appendix A of both forms to list the project personnel so that OSPA may notify them a waiver exists; there is no need to obtain their signatures. In addition, we have eliminated one of the institutional signature lines on the publication waiver, further streamlining the process.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact our office.

Minor changes and updates to forms occur from time to time. Obtaining forms from the OSPA Forms Page ensures you always have the most up-to-date materials related to grant activities.

Grant Connections | June 2016 Notes

Notes from the June Grant Connections meeting are included below. Thank you to all who attended. We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, July 27.

Grant Connections Meeting - July 2014

  

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

11:00 a.m. – noon

Room 171 (Reading Room) of the Bond Life Sciences Center

Agenda

• Open Floor and Hot Topics
• Industry Funding and EntrepreneurshipThe University recently relaxed its stance on the disposition of potential intellectual property from industry-funded research in order to further support a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Hank Foley, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, and Chris Fender, OTMIR Director, will discuss the impacts of these changes across campus. To prepare for this session, please review the attached previously-disseminated communication as well as Dr. Foley’s April 2014 presentation to faculty, “Let’s Talk Research,” available at http://research.missouri.edu/about/lets_talk_research.php.

RE: New Position on Intellectual Property

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

Sponsored Programs Procedure Guide (SPPG) page

	F&A Cost Recovery	PDF	Revision date: May 2014
	Intellectual Property	PDF	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).

New Position on Intellectual Property

Please see below for an announcement from Dr. Foley, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies. Related policy and procedure documents and forms will be posted to the OSPA website shortly.

The next campus Grant Connections meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, at 11:00am in the Bond Life Sciences Center (Room 171). If you have questions, please submit them to me between now and then in anticipation of a Q&A session specific to this topic. Of course questions and conversation on the day of the meeting are most welcome, too.