Industry partners perform defined projects using Berkeley Lab’s unique facilities and expertise
under an agreement called a Strategic Partnership Project (SPP).
FY16 Strategic Partnership
Projects (SPPs) by Research Area
Biosciences:
58
$ 21,968,562
TOTAL: 227
TOTAL: $ 77,191,919
•
• Computing Sciences:
9
$ 4,915,912
Sciences: 44
$ 7,517,268
• Earth and Environmental
• Energy Sciences:
Energy Technologies:
•
Lab Directorate:
•
• Physical Sciences:
26
$ 12,176,195
58
9
30
44
2
58
$ 22,966,816
58
2
$ 225,000
26
30
$ 7,422,166
Berkeley Lab and industry partners jointly sponsor research for shared benefit under a
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
TOTAL: 19
TOTAL: $ 11,224,433
FY16 Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (CRADAs)
by Research Area
• Biosciences:
• Energy Sciences:
• Energy Technologies:
5
$ 1,728,447
6
$ 1,556,027
5
703,299
$
3
$ 7,236,660
• Physical Sciences:
5
3
6
5
IPO’s Partnerships Group supports small businesses using Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Biofuels Process
Demonstration Unit (ABPDU) to advance industry innovations in bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels
by executing sponsored research agreements. In 2016, over 30 industry projects were executed.
An IPO Contracts Officer turned a forward-looking research proposal into reality for Toyota
and the Berkeley Lab-led Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), marking JCAP’s first
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
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