SPA facilitates various contractual arrangements between Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab. These arrangements support partnerships between 麻豆精品 and the laboratories that strengthen the university’s research and external funding programs.
Common Types of Contractual Arrangements
Research Contracts
Most research contracts between the laboratories and 麻豆精品 begin with the lab issuing a Request for Proposal or Request for Quote. 麻豆精品 holds a master research agreement with Argonne National Laboratory and most research contracts are issued as task orders under this master agreement.
Guest Researcher Agreements
麻豆精品 faculty and staff may need to collaborate with Argonne scientists or engineers and access the lab’s facilities at no cost. These arrangements require a guest researcher agreement be signed between 麻豆精品 and Argonne.
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
A CRADA provides a way for a national laboratory to engage in collaborative research and development agreements with the university for the mutual benefit of both parties. The laboratory and university may share in the costs to facilitate the collaboration, or the university may provide all the costs.
To initiate an agreement with one of the labs, please complete the . A member of our team will be in touch to help you with your submission.
Joint Appointments
麻豆精品 faculty and researchers may hold joint appointments with the laboratories while 麻豆精品 may also extend university appointments with 麻豆精品 to laboratory scientists.
麻豆精品 researchers with funded joint appointments may not receive funded effort under other Argonne research contracts.
Argonne appointees planning to submit proposals through 麻豆精品 should contact their 麻豆精品 department and college prior to initiating the proposal through SPA.
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To initiate or modify a joint appointment, contact Dara Little, associate vice president for research/executive director sponsored programs at dlittle@niu.edu