I've got a question that I hope members of the list can help me with.

I have a faculty member currently working on developing a project in which
we will be creating a new approach to working with a particular population
of children in a clinical setting.  This is one of our President's big
initiatives right now, and we are hoping that the Center that will come out
of this initiative will eventually be a revenue-generating
(fee-for-service), somewhat standalone operation.  As part of this project,
we are exploring the possibility of patenting the process/approach,
including some software that will be developed for use in the approach.

There are currently several U.S. Dept of Ed competitions open whose
priorities fit very well with what we are hoping to accomplish in this
project.

My question is this: what are the implications of accepting federal funding
to develop a portion of the project, in terms of ownership and future
profitability?

I haven't worked with patents before, so any advice would be greatly
appreciated.
Laura C. Hartley, Ph.D.
Grants Officer/Staff Writer
Office of the Provost
Lesley College
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Phone: 617-349-8795
Fax: 617-349-8599
email: xxxxxx@mail.lesley.edu

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