Developing Industry-Sponsored Research Agreements
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Virtual EventAre you interested in following an academic research career solving challenging problems across the globe? Industry sponsors around the world can be a rich source of scientific problems and funding for your academic research at MIT or elsewhere. But, have you wondered how to go about securing funding and an agreement? Or, have you found it challenging to get a sponsored research agreement in place?
Our talk will introduce you to key concepts and policies that are involved in developing an agreement with your sponsor. We will explore topics including: technology readiness level (TLR), statement of research work, confidentiality, background/foreground IP, and much more in relation to agreements. Understanding these policies will help smoothen the process at MIT (and elsewhere) and shorten the time to secure an agreement with your industry sponsor.
About the speakers:
Grace Leung joined OSATT in March of 2020. As a Catalyst, Grace works with MIT researchers in engaging with industrial sponsors and collaborators, negotiates the appropriate agreements, and establishes major research alliances. Prior to joining MIT, Grace held positions in technology licensing and business development at Mass General Brigham and Harvard University. She led negotiations and executed early-stage technology licenses and industrial sponsored research agreements, and established intellectual property protection and marketing strategies of life-science innovations. Grace holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Michael Leskiw is an Alliance Manager in MIT’s Office of Strategic Alliances & Technology Transfer (OSATT). Michael’s portfolio extends to international engagements with foreign governments, as well as several high-visibility major agreements with multi-national corporations. Michael has been at MIT since 2004 and previously worked in MIT’s sponsored programs office, and prior to that on the operational side ramping up MIT’s largest international research center (based in Singapore) and a collaborative project helping to start a new university in Moscow. Michael is a licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Subarna Basnet PhD, is a Catalyst at Office of Strategic Alliance and Technology Transfer (OSATT), and an expert in technology & design innovation. Previously, as the Director for Design Science, Technology, and Innovation at the MIT International Design Center (IDC), he led efforts in developing research and educational programs for the Center. Prior to MIT, Subarna served in the industry (Bose, Xerox, Softech) for over 20 years, contributing in diverse areas, ranging from research, design and development, manufacturing, and sales. Subarna holds a PhD from MIT in Mechanical Engineering.
Leah Keating is a Senior Strategic Transactions Officer and OSATT’s RAS Liaison. Leah’s responsibilities include supporting and improving coordination between RAS and the OSATT Strategic Transactions Team, as well as negotiating and reviewing research and other sponsored agreements of all kinds. She works closely with teams in RAS and OSATT to support interoffice and inter-team communications and operations, and on developing new or improved agreement workflows. Prior to MIT, Leah was the Director of Research Administration for Harvard Law School for 4 years, where she managed all operations of HLS research administration. efore joining HLS, she was the Associate Director for Technology Transactions for the Office of Technology Development (OTD) at Harvard. At OTD, Leah worked closely with the Office of Sponsored Programs, the sponsored research administration offices for Harvard Medical School. Leah holds a B.A. in French from Hamilton College and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.
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