I'm hoping someone can give me insight into the ramifications of the
Bayh-Dole act when federal money has passed through a state agency.

We have a grant awarded from the state of Colorado for a project that
has developed materials that can be copyrighted and used within
business/corporate settings as well as within educational settings.
The funds arise from federal pass through monies from the U.S.
Department of Transportation.

My question - who owns the copyright?  Can the university copyright
these materials in the same way as if the funds were coming directly
from the feds or do state regulations have precedence?  From the
contracts and written letters of agreement between the project
directors and the state presented to me so far, there is no mention
of copyrights.

Any insight would be helpful!

Chuck Howard
xxxxxx@uncrc.univnorthco.edu