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Industrial Proposals

Please visit the Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer [website] for the most recent information about working with industrial sponsors.

This section provides information on submitting proposals to industrial sponsors.

  1. Background and Introduction to Industrial Sponsors
  2. General Considerations
  3. Summary Guidelines
    • Review Sponsor's Policy Document and Proposal Guide
    • Find Specific RFP information
    • Review the Proposal Checklist
    • Formats in which Proposals Should be Submitted
    • Special Requirements
    • Deadline Cycles
    • Model Proposals
    • FAQ: How do I prepare a research proposal for industry consideration?   
  4. Industrial Agreement Types
    • Noncompetitive Industrial Proposals
    • Master & Alliance Agreements
    • Template Agreements
    • Competitive Industrial RFP's and Proposals
    • Collaborative Research Agreements (No-Cost Collaborations)
  5. Fellowship Agreement Form for Non-Federal Sponsors

 

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  • Sponsored Projects Basics
    • Classification of Sponsored Projects
    • Types of Sponsored Awards
    • How Are Sponsored Projects Generated?
    • Cost Principles and Unallowable Costs
    • Direct and Indirect Costs
  • Preparing and Submitting a Proposal
    • Pre-Proposals / Letters of Intent
    • Roles and Responsibilities
      • MIT Investigator Status
    • Components of a Proposal
    • Special Reviews
    • Applying Through Workspace
    • Proposal Preparation Checklist
    • Proposals and Confidential Information
    • Budget Development
      • Personnel Costs
      • Equipment
      • Contractors, Consultants, and Subrecipients
      • Sample Budget Justifications
    • MIT Submission Approval Process
      • Viewing Proposal Assignments
        • Kuali Coeus Approval Mapping
  • Negotiating and Accepting an Award
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Submission of Revised Budgets
    • Standard Contract Terms and Conditions
    • Contractual Obligations and Problematic Terms and Conditions
    • Review and Negotiation of Federal Contract and Grant Terms and Conditions
    • Industrial Collaboration
    • International Activities
    • Open Research and Export Control Resources
    • Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreements
  • Setting Up An Award
    • Limiting Long-Term WBS Account Structures
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • COI and Special Review Hold Notice Definitions
    • Child Accounts
    • Budgets at Award Setup
    • Criteria for Sponsored Research Projects
    • Kuali Coeus Electronic Document Storage (EDS)
    • Billing Agreements
  • Managing Projects
    • Application of Award Terms
      • Uniform Guidance and the FAR
      • MIT Standard Terms and Policies
    • Changes to Programs During the Life of an Award
    • Charging Faculty Summer Salary
    • Cost Transfers
    • Key Personnel
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    • PI Transfer
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    • Reporting Requirements
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      • Department of Energy / Office of Science Disclosure Guidance
    • Industrial Proposals
      • Introduction to Industrial Sponsors
      • General Considerations for Industrial Proposals
      • Summary Guidelines
        • Review Sponsor’s Policy Document
          • SRC Guidance to Faculty Considering Applying for SRC Funding
        • Find Specific RFP Information
        • Industrial Proposal Checklist
        • Proposal Formats
        • Special Requirements
        • Deadline Cycles
        • Model Proposals
      • Industrial Agreement Types
        • Non-Competitive Industrial Proposals
        • Master and Alliance Agreements With Non-Standard Proposal Processes
        • Template Agreements
        • Competitive Industrial Proposals
        • Collaborative (No-cost) Research Agreements
    • NASA
      • Terms and Conditions
      • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disclosure Guidance
      • NASA Graduate Research Fellowship Programs
      • NASA PI Status and Definitions
    • NIH
      • NIH Checklists and Preparation Guides
      • National Institutes of Health Disclosure Guidance
      • Human Subjects and NIH Proposals
      • NIH Data Management and Sharing
      • NIH Research Performance Progress Reports
      • Terms and Conditions
    • NOAA
      • Terms and Conditions
    • NSF
      • MIT Specific Guidance - Proposal Prep Checklists
        • Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) proposals
        • MIT Guidance Regarding the NSF CAREER Program
        • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
      • National Science Foundation Disclosure Guidance
      • NSF Participant Support Costs
      • NSF Proposals: Administrative Review Stage
      • NSF Collaborations
      • NSF-Industry Collaborative Funding Terms
      • NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Actions
      • NSF Reporting
      • Terms and Conditions
      • NSF Requirements for Harassment Free Environment
      • NSF Safe and Inclusive Working Environment
    • USAID
  • Consortium Agreements
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Requirements For Proposal Routing
    • Account Structure
    • Consortium Updates in KC
    • Consortium Closeouts
  • Cost Sharing
    • Process, Roles and Responsibilities
    • What Is Allowable/Eligible Cost Sharing?
    • MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
    • Third-Party Cost Sharing
    • Showing Cost Sharing in a Proposal Budget
    • Avoiding Unintended Cost Sharing
      • Sponsor Specific Instructions Regarding Location in the Proposal
    • Funding F&A Costs as Cost Sharing
    • Using Faculty Effort for Cost Sharing
    • Setting Up Cost Sharing on a New Award
      • Information about Completing the Cost Sharing Template
    • NSF Cost Sharing Policy
    • Tracking/Reporting Cost Sharing
    • Special Cost Sharing Topics
  • International Activities
    • International Activities Examples
    • Rubicon Fellowships
    • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships
  • Subawards
    • Criteria for Subrecipients
    • De Minimis Rate
    • Subawards at Proposal
    • Requesting New Subawards
    • Managing Subawards
    • RAS Subaward Team Contacts
  • Under-recovery of F&A Costs
    • Funding and Approval
    • Proposal Phase
    • Award Set-up
    • Monitoring Research During Project Period
    • Closeout Phase
    • Voluntary Cost Sharing
    • Sponsor-Specific Guidance
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    • Fund Account Rates
    • Allocation Rates
    • Determination of On-Campus and Off-Campus Rates
    • Employee Benefits (EB) Rates
    • Vacation Accrual Rates
    • Graduate Research Assistant Tuition Rates and Subsidy
    • RA and TA Salary Levels and Health Insurance Rates
      • Historical RA Salary Levels
  • Grant and Contract Administration
    • MIT Facts and Profile Information
    • Sponsored Projects Basics
      • Classification of Sponsored Projects
      • Types of Sponsored Awards
      • How Are Sponsored Projects Generated?
      • Cost Principles and Unallowable Costs
      • Direct and Indirect Costs
    • Preparing and Submitting a Proposal
      • Pre-Proposals / Letters of Intent
      • Roles and Responsibilities
        • MIT Investigator Status
      • Components of a Proposal
      • Special Reviews
      • Applying Through Workspace
      • Proposal Preparation Checklist
      • Proposals and Confidential Information
      • Budget Development
        • Personnel Costs
        • Equipment
        • Contractors, Consultants, and Subrecipients
        • Sample Budget Justifications
      • MIT Submission Approval Process
        • Viewing Proposal Assignments
          • Kuali Coeus Approval Mapping
    • Negotiating and Accepting an Award
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Submission of Revised Budgets
      • Standard Contract Terms and Conditions
      • Contractual Obligations and Problematic Terms and Conditions
      • Review and Negotiation of Federal Contract and Grant Terms and Conditions
      • Industrial Collaboration
      • International Activities
      • Open Research and Export Control Resources
      • Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreements
    • Setting Up An Award
      • Limiting Long-Term WBS Account Structures
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • COI and Special Review Hold Notice Definitions
      • Child Accounts
      • Budgets at Award Setup
      • Criteria for Sponsored Research Projects
      • Kuali Coeus Electronic Document Storage (EDS)
      • Billing Agreements
    • Managing Projects
      • Application of Award Terms
        • Uniform Guidance and the FAR
        • MIT Standard Terms and Policies
      • Changes to Programs During the Life of an Award
      • Charging Faculty Summer Salary
      • Cost Transfers
      • Key Personnel
      • Limitations on Funds - Federal Contracts
      • No-Cost Extensions
      • PI Absence from Project
      • PI Transfer
      • Project Budgets
      • Reporting Requirements
    • Closing Out an Award
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Foundations and Unexpended Funds
      • Closing Out Fixed Price Awards
      • Early Termination
      • Record Retention
    • Sponsor Information
      • Sponsor Disclosure Requirements
        • Using SciENcv
      • ARPA-H
      • Department of Defense
        • AFOSR
          • AFOSR No-Cost Extension Process
          • Terms and Conditions
        • ARO and ARL
          • Terms and Conditions
        • DARPA
        • ONR
          • Terms and Conditions
        • Department of Defense Disclosure Guidance
      • DOE
        • Terms and Conditions
        • Department of Energy / Office of Science Disclosure Guidance
      • Industrial Proposals
        • Introduction to Industrial Sponsors
        • General Considerations for Industrial Proposals
        • Summary Guidelines
          • Review Sponsor’s Policy Document
            • SRC Guidance to Faculty Considering Applying for SRC Funding
          • Find Specific RFP Information
          • Industrial Proposal Checklist
          • Proposal Formats
          • Special Requirements
          • Deadline Cycles
          • Model Proposals
        • Industrial Agreement Types
          • Non-Competitive Industrial Proposals
          • Master and Alliance Agreements With Non-Standard Proposal Processes
          • Template Agreements
          • Competitive Industrial Proposals
          • Collaborative (No-cost) Research Agreements
      • NASA
        • Terms and Conditions
        • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disclosure Guidance
        • NASA Graduate Research Fellowship Programs
        • NASA PI Status and Definitions
      • NIH
        • NIH Checklists and Preparation Guides
        • National Institutes of Health Disclosure Guidance
        • Human Subjects and NIH Proposals
        • NIH Data Management and Sharing
        • NIH Research Performance Progress Reports
        • Terms and Conditions
      • NOAA
        • Terms and Conditions
      • NSF
        • MIT Specific Guidance - Proposal Prep Checklists
          • Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) proposals
          • MIT Guidance Regarding the NSF CAREER Program
          • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
        • National Science Foundation Disclosure Guidance
        • NSF Participant Support Costs
        • NSF Proposals: Administrative Review Stage
        • NSF Collaborations
        • NSF-Industry Collaborative Funding Terms
        • NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Actions
        • NSF Reporting
        • Terms and Conditions
        • NSF Requirements for Harassment Free Environment
        • NSF Safe and Inclusive Working Environment
      • USAID
    • Consortium Agreements
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Requirements For Proposal Routing
      • Account Structure
      • Consortium Updates in KC
      • Consortium Closeouts
    • Cost Sharing
      • Process, Roles and Responsibilities
      • What Is Allowable/Eligible Cost Sharing?
      • MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
      • Third-Party Cost Sharing
      • Showing Cost Sharing in a Proposal Budget
      • Avoiding Unintended Cost Sharing
        • Sponsor Specific Instructions Regarding Location in the Proposal
      • Funding F&A Costs as Cost Sharing
      • Using Faculty Effort for Cost Sharing
      • Setting Up Cost Sharing on a New Award
        • Information about Completing the Cost Sharing Template
      • NSF Cost Sharing Policy
      • Tracking/Reporting Cost Sharing
      • Special Cost Sharing Topics
    • International Activities
      • International Activities Examples
      • Rubicon Fellowships
      • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships
    • Subawards
      • Criteria for Subrecipients
      • De Minimis Rate
      • Subawards at Proposal
      • Requesting New Subawards
      • Managing Subawards
      • RAS Subaward Team Contacts
    • Under-recovery of F&A Costs
      • Funding and Approval
      • Proposal Phase
      • Award Set-up
      • Monitoring Research During Project Period
      • Closeout Phase
      • Voluntary Cost Sharing
      • Sponsor-Specific Guidance
    • Audits and Auditors
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