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Enhancing DOE Lab-University Collaboration: An ORNL Case Study

Explore the successful interactions between DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and universities, showcasing research programs, joint institutes, user facilities, and implemented solutions to overcome contracting barriers. Learn what works well and potential solutions for better collaborations.

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Enhancing DOE Lab-University Collaboration: An ORNL Case Study

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  1. DOE Lab/University CollaborationAn ORNL Case Study Jim Reafsnyder DOE Oak Ridge Office November 1, 2004

  2. ORNL is DOE’s largest multipurpose science laboratory • Nation’s largest science facility:the $1.4B Spallation Neutron Source • Nation’s largest concentrationof open source materials research • Nation’s largest energy laboratory • $300 million modernization in progress • $1.06 billion budget • 3,900 employees • 3,000 research guests annually • Nation’s largest unclassified scientific computing facility 2

  3. ORNL’s New East Campus Computational Sciences Building(Private sector) Research Office Building(Private sector) JICS/ORCAS (State of Tennessee) Engineering TechnologyFacility(Private sector) Research SupportCenter (DOE) 3

  4. An ORNL Case Study Major ORNL/University Interactions • Research Participation Program • Joint Institutes • Joint Faculty Agreements • User Facilities • Contracted Work Joint Institute for Computational Sciences

  5. An ORNL Case Study What works well? • Research Participants – 524 students and faculty; 186 U.S. universities; 39 states & foreign – Efforts managed by ORAU • Joint Institutes – 3 funded by State of Tennessee • Joint Faculty Agreements – 28; five universities University Partnerships

  6. DOE’s first Nanoscale Science Research Center, being constructed adjacent to SNS An ORNL Case Study What works well? • User Facilities • Spallation Neutron Source ~100 universities on Instrument Development Teams • 17 Other User Facilities – 141 active agreements with universities Spallation Neutron Source

  7. An ORNL Case Study What works well? • University Contracted Work • 79 active contracts • 35 universities Laboratory for Comparative and Functional Genomics

  8. An ORNL Case Study Barriers to Effective Contracting DOE Contract Provisions • Indemnification • Advance Funding • Intellectual Property Rights • Full Cost Recovery Federal Agency Flowdown Provisions

  9. An ORNL Case Study Solutions Implemented Joint Faculty Agreements • Waived Lab and University Overheads • Intellectual Property vests with Employer – negotiate royalty sharing

  10. An ORNL Case Study Solutions Implemented University Contracting with Labs • Model Contract with State Entities • DOE covers Advance Funding for Exempt States • Indemnification to extent permitted by State laws

  11. An ORNL Case Study What doesn’t work well? • Indemnification • Advance funding • Flowdown provisions from other Federal Agencies

  12. An ORNL Case Study Possible Solutions • DOE lab and university leaders resolve advance funding, full cost recovery and intellectual property issues • Interagency Working Group to address Federal agency flowdown provisions

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