scope:

The agency with a designated Federal Laboratory can enjoy the many benefits of Technology Transfer legislation. Researchers can collaborate with partners from state and local governments, academia, and the private sector and conduct research that would not have been done without leveraging each other's ideas and resources. If any additional expenses are associated with conducting cooperative research, the laboratory may accept funds from the collaborating party to compensate for those costs and use funds received from a collaborating party to hire personnel to carry out the agreement who will not be subject to full-time equivalent restrictions of the agency. Laboratory personnel may participate in personnel exchanges with academia and private industry. The agency may commercialize inventions developed by agency personnel with a portion of the royalty payments going to the inventor.

a. A Laboratory Director is responsible for managing and protecting their national asset as well as ensuring the full use of the results of the Nation's federal investment in research and development (R&D), in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 3710, Utilization of Federal Technology, and 15 U.S.C. 3710a, Cooperative research and development agreements.

b. The FAA is a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer. The FLC is the nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace.

Purpose of This Order.

This order prescribes policy and procedures governing the transfer of technology and the responsibilities associated with this program.