Working with the Material Measurement Laboratory

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<span>Email</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="nist-block"> <div class="text-with-summary"> <p><strong>Collaborations and partnerships to advance measurements and standards that underpin the chemical, biological and material sciences聽</strong>聽</p> <p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>The Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) forms partnerships with external parties when the work will advance measurement science and technology of importance to MML stakeholders in industry, other agencies and the public sector.聽聽</p> <p>We have diverse mechanisms for cooperative relationships. These include formal and informal means, some of which can accommodate legal issues such as intellectual property (IP) generation and protection. Some of these mechanisms are discussed below.聽聽</p> <p>The MML strives to establish relationships that result in advances with broad scientific impact in chemical, biological and materials measurements, and maintain NIST's longstanding role and reputation as a neutral partner. In this sense, the MML seeks to frame research cooperation in ways that respect intellectual property issues and foster the transfer of NIST research products to stakeholders.</p> <p><strong>MML Priorities for Establishing Partnerships</strong></p> <p>For both formal and informal relationships, the MML establishes partnerships that advance our research priorities, including:</p> <ul><li>Relevance to the MML mission</li> <li>Alignment with NIST and MML priority areas</li> <li>Synergy with current or emerging MML programs</li> <li>Potential impact on national needs and critical measurement science</li> </ul><p>To learn more about the MML's priorities and technical programs, browse this website.聽In particular, these descriptions of聽<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d4660ec9-80f7-495d-802e-9e35211e33a4" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/mml/selected-programs-and-initiatives" title="Selected Programs and Initiatives">selected programs and initiatives</a>聽may be helpful.聽聽</p> <p>The MML contributes strongly to the NIST Investment Priority Areas of energy, environment, health care, manufacturing and physical infrastructure. Visit the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e7ffd3c7-32d1-4ae1-9692-672878a3ba7e" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/director/nist-and-doc-planning-documents" title="NIST and DOC Planning Documents">NIST Strategic Planning page</a> to learn more about NIST priorities.聽聽</p> <p><strong>Scientific Collaboration</strong></p> <p>The MML encourages informal collaborations with other scientific institutions, carried out between individual scientists or small teams, that support NIST priorities and advance common research objectives. These collaborative efforts focus on precompetitive scientific challenges with fully publishable results. When appropriate, short-term personnel exchanges can be used to accomplish collaborative goals. Expected outputs and technology transfer routes include coauthored scientific publications and presentations. To learn more about specific research programs in the MML, visit our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/org/5656">project portfolio</a>.聽聽</p> <p><strong>NIST-led Consortia</strong></p> <p>Certain measurement challenges can affect a number of stakeholder institutions or cross-cut several technology sectors. In such cases, NIST can establish a consortium in which multiple partners join to solve problems of mutual interest. Historically, NIST has employed a variety of models to lead, organize and serve consortia. If necessary, consortium-related intellectual property can be protected through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="312716a4-a83c-4fdb-b6e8-22d4626c5af5" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/partnerships/cooperative-research-and-development-agreement-crada" title="Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)">CRADA</a>).</p> <p>Proactive participation by consortia partners is essential to the success of the enterprise. If you are interested in proposing a topic for a consortium, you may suggest it using the contact information on this page; in doing so it is helpful if you can provide a list of parties who may be interested in participating.聽聽</p> <p><strong>Grants and Cooperative Agreements</strong></p> <p>Each year, MML funds a small number of external grants and cooperative agreements, which are competitively awarded to universities and other institutions to conduct mission-relevant research and services. Funded institutions often arrange personnel exchanges to accomplish research goals.聽聽</p> <p><strong>Cooperative Research and Development Agreements</strong></p> <p>A CRADA is a formal legal agreement to cooperate on research with predefined objectives. Within the NIST CRADA program, researchers from MML and an external institution work together to overcome specific measurement obstacles to the development and use of chemistries, biotechnology and materials. The CRADA mechanism can protect the intellectual property rights of both NIST and its partner(s). To learn more about CRADAs with NIST, visit the NIST <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="22a51915-aafc-4011-a90b-37a61f31ad38" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/tpo" title="Technology Partnerships Office">Technology Partnerships Office</a>.聽To examine MML research directions around which a CRADA could be established, browse our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/org/5656">programs and projects</a>.聽聽</p> <p><strong>Small Business Innovation Research Program</strong></p> <p>The MML actively participates in a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program administrated by NIST, which solicits research and development proposals from small businesses to respond to specific technical needs of NIST research efforts, and/or to foster the commercialization of NIST-developed technologies. The NIST SBIR Program funds successful small business research and development proposals through contracts (not grants) awarded in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation rules, and under the supervision of a NIST technical representative who monitors the progress of the research and development. For more information about the NIST SBIR program and to view opportunities related to MML research programs, see the current proposal solicitation on the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc00a775-f963-4344-b917-35ac152dba5c" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/small-business-innovation-research-program-sbir" title="Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)">NIST SBIR website</a>.聽聽</p> <p><strong>Designated User Facilities</strong></p> <p>Selected NIST laboratory facilities are available for use by U.S. organizations for both proprietary and non-proprietary research. Key examples include the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="090e9df5-2542-4ede-a8dd-a19da48ef97e" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/about-ncnr" title="Welcome to the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)">NIST Center for Neutron Research</a>, which has user facilities for neutron-based measurements, and the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="39be598c-90c5-4f73-962a-e0d9f66987eb" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/cnst" title="Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology">Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology</a><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="39be598c-90c5-4f73-962a-e0d9f66987eb" href="/web/20230205165455/https://www.nist.gov/cnst" title="Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology">,</a> which has user facilities for nanofabrication and nanoscale characterization equipment. 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