Industry/University Cooperative Research Center model:
- Center is consortium of organizations with common research interests
- Funding from members is highly leveraged
- Shared research portfolio of pre-competitive technologies
- Collective ownership, collective decision making
- Research driven by ideas of industry advisory board (IAB)
C-UAS is part of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Industry/Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) program. We are one of over 70 I/UCRCs designed to link the research and development needs of industry with university research capabilities
• Provide industry with means to leverage research and development
• Provide universities the opportunity to conduct relevant research in emerging fields
• Allow industry members to select and advise projects
• Facilitate collective decision making with pooled industry funding
• Share research portfolio of pre-competitive technologies
• Maximize research money with minimal overhead on membership fees (<10%)
• Evaluate progress and relevance with NSF representative
For additional NSF Center information visit: https://iucrc.nsf.gov/