Use partnership intermediaries to connect labs, firms and universities
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Intellectual property and technology transfer · Technology transfer
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Agency-approved federal laboratory director; FFRDC contracting officer where specified; authorized STRL Center director
- Executor · routing lead
- Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Intermediary must meet statutory state/local government or associated nonprofit definition.
Services increase likelihood of successful cooperative/joint activity; Center statute also supports inward technology transfer and critical workforce development.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Technology-transfer support funds under 15 U.S.C. §3715; relevant Center support funds and instrument controls.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not every private accelerator/consultant qualifies.
- An intermediary agreement does not give it unlimited subaward or contracting powers.
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.