Question on profit sharing for which I can't find an answer in the NSF
Grants Policy Manual.

Does the NSF reserve a right to a share of any profits that result
from research they have sponsored?  We have 2 professors that are
getting involved in for-profit side operations based on work that was
initially sponsored by NSF.  One is producing a textbook from work
funded by a curriculum development grant.  The other has been
supported in developing 3-D video animations for introductory science
courses.

I didn't find the index to the Grants Policy Manual very helpful and
NSF hasn't returned my call.  How have other institutions handled
this?

Gail Wine
Grants Manager
Bowdoin College
xxxxxx@bruin.bowdoin.edu