AC.4.1.1
APPLIED RESEARCH SERVICES
Section:
Subject:
Academic/Student (AC)
Applied Research
Legislation:
Effective:
Revision:
December 2, 1998
Reformatted August 1, 2003; January 30, 2007
APPROVED: ________________________________
President and CEO
POLICY
The policy of the Board of Governors is to contribute to economic development by providing
applied research and development, technology transfer, and pre-commercialization services to
industry customers and partners in areas of Institute expertise.
PROCEDURE
GOVERNING PRINCIPLES
The services of the Applied Research and Innovation Services Department at SAIT Polytechnic
will be based on:
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Institute resources, including SAIT’s facilities and the knowledge and expertise of its
employees and students.
Relevance to academic program offerings.
Funds and support.
SAIT’s Centres of Excellence will provide a focus for these services.
Services will be funded primarily outside base operating grants, and funding will come from
sources such as government agencies, foundation or industry grants, and customer contracts.
Services will concentrate on those that complement the pure research activities of organizations
such as universities, the Alberta Research Council, the National Research Council, University
Technologies International, Calgary Technologies Inc., and TRLabs. These services will include
beta testing, proto-typing and application/product modeling. Applied Research and Innovation
Services will encourage collaborative work with other educational institutions, government
agencies, and companies that are involved in the applied research and development process and
that will benefit from our partnership.
The official controlled version of this document is held in the Board of Governors Office.
Procedure AC.4.1.1
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Ownership of all intellectual property rights resulting from applied research and development,
technology transfer and pre-commercialization services will be retained by the customers, the
Institute and partners concerned and shall be assigned as specified in each service contract, and
shall be subject to Policy AC.2.11 Intellectual Property.
PROCEDURE
1. Applied Research and Innovation Services has created a detailed departmental procedure for
processing and managing applied research projects. This procedure, which shall be followed
by those involved in applied research projects at SAIT, is available by contacting Applied
Research and Innovation Services. This procedure may be reviewed and amended, from time
to time, by the Director of Applied Research and Innovation Services.
2. Any contracts relating to applied research and development, technology transfer and/or precommercialization will be coordinated through the office of the Director, Applied Research
and Innovation Services.
POLICY/PROCEDURE CROSS-REFERENCE
AC.2.11.1
AC.2.11.2
AC.3.10
AC.4.1
AC.4.1.2
AC 4.1.3
Intellectual Property
Revenue Sharing and Commercialization
Ownership of Student Produced Materials
Applied Research Services
Financial Management of Applied Research Projects
Peer Review Panel
The official controlled version of this document is held in the Board of Governors Office.
Procedure AC.4.1.1
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