Companies may contact you to learn more about your lab, sponsor research or license research. Confidentiality Agreements, which include Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA) or Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), protect intellectual property when you share information about confidential research and ideas. If a company provides you with a confidentiality agreement, please contact info@nutechventures.org. As a state organization, the university has confidentiality agreement templates with specific language — according to its bylaws — that govern interactions with other organizations. Often, confidentiality agreements provided by companies do not meet all necessary standards of the university. A Confidentiality Agreement is required: - If you plan to discuss your work or research program with an external party, such as meeting with a company or another academic institution. Even if you don’t intend to share confidential information, it is recommended to have a confidentiality agreement in place to protect your intellectual property. - If a company wants to discuss new collaboration, future project, sponsor research or exchange confidential information.
