Cal Poly has never requested funding from the Soybean Board, but we would
not accept an agreement/contract from ANY sponsor which contained
some of the points you listed.

Sharon

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Grants Development Office
California Polytechnic State University
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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Martha M. Taylor wrote:

> I am interested talking to in anyone who has sucessfully negotiated an
> agreement with the United Soybean Board.  Our one and only experience to
> date took several months.  The United Soybean Board used an intermediate
> firm - Smith, Bucklin and Associates, LLC to contract with us based upon
> some agreement that they have with the Soybean Board.
>
> The agreement contained the standard things that universities generally
> don't like:
>
> 1) prior approval of all publications including presentations at
> conferences/national meetings
> 2) very detailed documentation of all expenditures
> 3) no overhead, no PI salary, and no equipment
> 4) no budget reallocations or deviations without prior written approval
> 5) liability for all claims etc arising in whole or in part by acts or
> omissions of the university
> 6) Smith Bucklin will only pay us if the Soybean Board pays them first and
> if the Soybean Board doesn't pay then we are out on our own
> 7) Agreement governed and construed in accordance with the laws of a state
> other than the one in which we are incorporated
> 8) non-exclusive, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice or use or
> sublicense the discoveries ..... They get all rights to revenues or
> benefits arising from licenses that we enter into with third parties with
> 50% of the income coming back to them
>
> It goes on from there.
>
> The basis for my question to this group is a phone call I received from a
> department head who stated that we are being unreasonable and that other
> universities would surely agree to work with the Soybean Board in a more
> reasonable and timely fashion.  He suggested that I poll other institutions
> to get a better understanding of how to do my job.  So that is what I am
> doing.  I would like to know of successes with the Soybean Board and of
> institutions who would agree to the language provided above.  Thanks for
> any enlightenment you might provide.
>
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