Georgia Tech Research Corporation
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The Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) is an organization that supports research and technological development at Georgia Tech. It was founded in 1937 as the Industrial Development Council to be a contract organization for the Engineering Experiment Station
. It is a nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of all academic departments and all other divisions of Georgia Tech not related to the Georgia Tech Research Institute
. It serves as the contracting agency for sponsored research projects performed by the Georgia Institute of Technology. GTRC also provides administrative and financial support for Georgia Tech. GTRC is a 501(c)(3) corporation. GTRC utilizes the cost principles defined in OMB Circular A-21
.
GTRC owns all intellectual property
that arises from research and other scholarly activity conducted by Georgia Tech (including the Georgia Tech Research Institute). The Office of Technology Licensing of GTRC administers invention disclosures, patents, copyrights, and licenses for both GTRC and Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
(GTARC).
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States...
. It is a nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of all academic departments and all other divisions of Georgia Tech not related to the Georgia Tech Research Institute
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States...
. It serves as the contracting agency for sponsored research projects performed by the Georgia Institute of Technology. GTRC also provides administrative and financial support for Georgia Tech. GTRC is a 501(c)(3) corporation. GTRC utilizes the cost principles defined in OMB Circular A-21
OMB Circular A-21
OMB Circular A-21 is a Government circular that sets forth the rules governing the eligibility and calculation of costs in support of sponsored research, development, training and other works produced in agreement with the United States Federal Government, but does not attempt to identify or...
.
GTRC owns all intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
that arises from research and other scholarly activity conducted by Georgia Tech (including the Georgia Tech Research Institute). The Office of Technology Licensing of GTRC administers invention disclosures, patents, copyrights, and licenses for both GTRC and Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
The Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation is a wholly controlled nonprofit subsidiary of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation that was established to serve as the contracting agency for work performed by the Georgia Tech Research Institute. GTARC is a 501 corporation...
(GTARC).