Exchange laboratory resources and receive partner funding through CRADAs
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Intellectual property and technology transfer · Technology transfer
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Federal agency authorizing laboratory directors; military-department Secretaries and Secretary of Defense/DARPA may permit FFRDC directors
- Executor · routing lead
- Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official
- Eligibility & funds
- Match your project to the applicable program. Read the recorded gates and funding conditions.
- What this does not authorize / limits
- CRADA expressly does not permit providing federal funds to nonfederal collaborator. Use a separately justified grant, contract or OT if paying the partner.
- Government retained licenses, confidentiality, conflict-of-interest and exceptional license-intervention provisions apply.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- Army Technology Transfer Program — agreement tools and laboratory roles
- Air Force Offices of Research and Technology Applications — coordination role
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.