Sponsored Programs Coordinator Meeting

1. Sponsored Programs Coordinator Meeting October 21, 2010

2. 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 Agenda

3. Office of Sponsored Programs

4. 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

5. 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

6. Office of Sponsored Programs Accounting & Administration

7. Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing • NSF Policy on Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing • http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/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 Cost SharingPresenter: Roberta Elrod

8. 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

9. PPF – User Name & Employee ID#Presenter: Roberta Elrod

10. Clemson University Research Foundation & Technology Transfer

11. 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.

12. CURF’s Support Functions Sponsored Research Business Incubation Technology Transfer Off Campus Facilities Start-Up Companies Contract Services Business Recruitment

13. Technology Transfer is… • the process of moving technology from the research stage to its practical application. Licensing Research Results Start-Up

14. Income • Research & Development • Licensing • Idea Technology Transfer Cycle • Marketing • InventionDisclosure • Protection • TechnologyAssessment

15. 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

16. 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

17. *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).

18. 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

19. Contact Information JoAnna L. Floyd Acting Director, Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer Assistant Director of Licensing and Contracts, CURF Clemson University Research FoundationAdvanced Materials Research LaboratoryClemson Research Park 91 Technology DriveAnderson, SC 29625Phone: 864.656.3989 Fax: 864.656.0474 Email: floyd5@clemson.edu

20. For more information about CURF and Technology Transfer, please visit our website: www.clemson.edu/curf