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Industry-Sponsored Innovation Partnership Program

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This program has been created to facilitate collaboration between industry partners and UCF researchers. Our goal is to expedite industry-funded research projects by minimizing uncertainty in intellectual property rights and financial terms. The following options are available to industry partners for establishing intellectual property rights under a sponsored research agreement:

Option A 1,2,3,4,5

  • Pre‐paid exclusive option fee
    • 10% of sponsored research contract or $15K, whichever is greater
  • Option to exclusive license with pre‐set terms
    • No annual minimums or ‘other’ fees
    • No time limits or milestones3
    • Sponsor is free to sublicense/cross license
    • Sponsor guides patenting activities and pays all costs
    • Sponsor agrees to pay each year 1% royalty on net sales of products or processes utilizing IP developed at UCF when annual sales exceed $20M

Option B 1,2,4,5

  • Pre‐paid fee for transfer of ownership to sponsored IP
    • 20% of sponsored research contract or $30K, whichever is greater
  • Assignment of IP upon Sponsor’s request
  • Sponsor manages and directs all patenting activities and pays all costs
  • Sponsor agrees to pay each year 1% royalty on net sales of products or processes utilizing IP developed at UCF when annual sales exceed $20M

Option C

  • No pre‐paid exclusive option fee
  • Sponsor and UCF negotiate contract
  • If IP is developed, Sponsor and UCF negotiate a royalty-bearing license

Option Notes:

1 This fee is calculated based on the entire project budget including standard University overhead fees.

2 The fee will be due within 30 days of billing. Failure to pay fee will result in the revocation of Option A and Option B and implementation of Option C.

3 If federal funding is used in part to develop the IP, the license will be subject to other terms such as performance milestones required to satisfy federal Bayh-Dole obligations.

4 Background intellectual property is not included.  In the event UCF background intellectual property is required or desired, UCF will negotiate a separate option or license agreement to the extent such rights are available.

5 If federal funding is used in part to develop the IP, then UCF must retain ownership of the IP as specified by federal statute and only Options A or C will be available.

 To learn more, contact 

Michele Cristinzio | P 407.823.0332 | E Michele.Cristinzio@ucf.edu