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1068 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 17
RESEARCH GIFTS, GRANTS, AND CONTRACTS
Sec. 14. (a) Research conducted under the auspices of the University
may be supported in whole or in part through funds provided by outside
donors in the form of research gifts, grants, or contracts. Such arrangements
must be approved, before acceptance, by the President or his delegate. Staff
members may conduct preliminary negotiations with prospective grantors or
contractors with the prior knowledge and approval of the department head
or other appropriate administrative officer and the dean or director, if required
by college policy, but have no authority to bind the University to enter
into a contract. Such research programs shall be controlled and directed by
the University and shall be conducted within the appropriate department by
members of the University staff. The administrative coordination of such
programs shall be under the Agricultural Experiment Station for departments
in the College of Agriculture, the Engineering Experiment Station for departments
in the College of Engineering, and the University Research Board
for all other departments.
(b) Contracts for research shall specify that the results of scientific
research conducted by the University, including patentable discoveries, are
the property of the University, to be used for the benefit of the University
and the public, but if such patentable discoveries have commercial value, the
sponsoring agency may receive preferential consideration in the administration
of the patent.
(c) The University shall not enter into an agreement with a sponsoring
agency which will give it permanently the exclusive benefits of the results of
such investigation or research, except under certain contracts with agencies
of the United States Government, when such exceptions are in the national
interest. The original records of any investigation shall be held by the University,
but reports or copies of such records may be furnished to the sponsoring
agency. The University shall have the exclusive right to publish, at its
discretion, the results of scientific investigation and research, unless provided
otherwise in contracts with agencies of the United States Government or
state of Illinois. No account of a cooperative research project or reprints of
scientific articles resulting from the investigation shall be published by the
sponsor or by any other agency, except with the consent of the University.
The sponsoring agency shall not use the name of the University in any advertisement,
whether with reference to a cooperative investigation or otherwise,
without the prior approval of the President of the University.
(d) If conditions imposed by the sponsoring agency require the waiver
of established University policies, such as those concerned with full reimbursement
for indirect costs, rights of publication, or ownership of potentially
patentable inventions or developments, such conditions may be accepted by
the University, if required by federal law or the established policies of the
sponsor, when the sponsoring agency is governmental or non-profit in character
; and if the action of the University in waiving such policies is determined
to be clearly in the public interest by the committee specified in
paragraph (f) following. Other than the exceptions indicated above, all
gifts, grants, and contracts shall be accepted under conditions imposed by
relevant University statutes and rules.
(e) The University shall generally accept funds for research from spon-