ARL Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Helps ARL Cooperative scientific advancement Agreements for Non-cash bilateral scientific advancement partnerships giving companies and universities co-location access to ARL labs.
ARL CRADAs are Cooperative Research and Development Agreements used by the US Army Research Laboratory for bilateral R&D partnerships with industry, universities, and some foreign partners. They are built for shared work, not cash awards, and they sit under the Federal Technology Transfer Act. In a CRADA, ARL contributes personnel, facilities, equipment, and other in-kind support, while the outside partner typically contributes funds, staff, or equipment. No cash flows from ARL to the partner. The agreement is the standard vehicle for ARL Open Campus work and for Robotics Research Collaboration Campus access, and it can run alongside a funded BAA project when the partner needs direct research support. Because the terms are negotiated case by case, the fit is strongest for organizations that want lab access, shared experiments, and a formal technology-transfer relationship rather than a grant competition. The practical path is relationship building with ARL program contacts and a clearly scoped collaboration that both sides can sustain. Applicants looking for unrestricted funding should look elsewhere.
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