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Summary of Benefits of Industrial Membership in the CRP Consortium
Highlights
Cost: $20,000 per year for each continuing year of Membership; 180 day notice of withdrawal is required once Membership has been initiated.
Paper Review: Yes, papers will be posted on web site before submission for publication
Meetings: Semi-annual: April and October
Right to Obtain a License for Patents on ATRP and CRP owned by CMU: Yes, a license will only be signed with an active Member.
Advisory Board Representative: Yes
Advise in Future Directions of CRP Research: Yes
Interact with Members of K. Matyjaszewski Group on Current Projects: Yes
Short-Term Researcher visit to CMU laboratories: Yes
Support of Post-Doctoral Fellow: Yes, for additional $80K/year
IP Ownership: CMU—will continue to protect significant advances in all aspects of general research on CRP conducted within the Center for Macromolecular Engineering (licenses will be available to active Members of the Consortium)
Consortium members get an automatic license for the internal use of ATRP for non commercial use.
Special Topics/Sponsored Research: CMU—with exclusive license in specific field of use for Sponsor.
Past and present Members of the CRP Consortium include:
3M, Akzo Nobel, Asahi-Kasei, Atofina, Bayer, Boston Scientific Corporation, BYK Chemie, Cabot Corporation, Centro de Investigación en Polimeros, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Ciba Vision, Ciba Vision Novartis, Degussa (RohMax Additives), Dionex, Encapson, GE, GIRSA Corporativo SA de CV, Headwaters Technology, Kaneka Corporation, Lion Corp., Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Motorola, Nalco Chemical Company, Nippon Gohsei, Nitto Denko, PPG, Solvay, Sasol Technology, Teijin Limited Warwick Effect Polymers, and Zeon Chemicals.
See also: Summary of Benefits of Membership in the CRP Consortium and Objectives of the CRP Consortium
Research Contract Agreement (pdf file)
Term Sheet (pdf file).
For information concerning the Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations (CRP) Consortium, contact:
James Spanswick
Associate Director,
Center for Macromolecular Engineering
Phone: (412) 268-9088 or (630) 690-5132
Fax: (412) 268-6897
jspan@andrew.cmu.edu