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STEINBOCK, Martha Bair
Martha Bair Steinbock serves as the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Technology Transfer, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in Beltsville, Maryland. In this capacity, she helps oversee the national technology transfer efforts of the USDA, including the development of cooperative research agreements. She also serves as the U.S. Executive Secretary for the US-EC Task Force on Biotechnology Research. Prior to becoming Deputy Assistant Administrator, Ms. Steinbock was the Technology Transfer Coordinator for the Pacific West Area of ARS. She has also worked as an international affairs specialist for the USDA Office of Agricultural Biotechnology and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Prior to joining USDA, she worked as a consulting economist for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. Ms. Steinbock received a Masters degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, and did her undergraduate studies at Portland State University and Reed College, in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Steinbock is a native of northern California, where she was raised on a family farm.
Abstract
How to Draft a Collaborative Research Agreement
Abstract:
A collaborative research agreement has five major parts: (1) statement of objectives, (2) statement of work, (3) general provisions, (4) budget, and (5) list of materials. This chapter provides a step-by-step discussion of the issues that need to be addressed in each part of the agreement, emphasizing the importance of crafting an agreement that is mutually beneficial and, above all, clearly written. Whereas all parts of any agreement are important, for collaborative research agreements, extra care should be taken in describing the objectives and work of the collaboration, the research plan, and the mechanisms for agreeing on changes in the research plan. Partnerships grow and change; this invariably leads to the need for amendments. Arguably, many of the best collaborative research agreements need numerous amendments in order to reflect the evolving needs of the parties involved.
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