partnership agreements

Partnership Agreements
We may be able to connect your business to our government partners for cooperative research and development. This provides your company access to state-of-the-art equipment, valuable expertise, and possibly shared expenses.

Partnership Agreement Mechanisms with Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) - The Federal Technology Center can assist in forming partnerships between DMEA, a federal lab, and your organization. Below is a number of mechanisms that DMEA uses to work cooperatively with the private sector and academia:

• Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)

• Educational Partnership Agreement

• Commercial Test Agreement

Examples of DMEA Partnership Agreements:

• The FTC facilitated a partnership between California State University, Sacramento and Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), to transfer on loan $1,000,000 of high tech equipment.
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• We have developed an Intern Program - where regional university engineering students work at the DMEA, and marketing students work at The FTC office.

• The FTC Facilitates Agreement Between U.C. Davis and DMEA
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• Austin Semiconductor and DMEA CRADA
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To learn more about how we can help your business partner with a federal lab, contact Bill Vanden Bosch at bill@TheFTC.org.

5 Great reasons Technology Companies Should Call us

1. Most of our services are free, since the government pays us to help you.

2. We can help you increase your sales by linking your products and services to the government.

3. We can help you reduce your Research and Development costs through cooperative research and develop-ment agreements.

4. We have the experience and the skills required to work with the government.

5. Our GovLink Bid-matching service provides you local, state and federal contracting opportunity announcements.