Location: Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit
Project Number: 3070-21220-009-003-N
Project Type: Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Jun 1, 2019
End Date: May 31, 2024
Objective:
The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) agree it is mutually beneficial to: (1) maintain collaborative relationships and share resources that are needed to achieve common research objectives; (2) strengthen the collaborations between USDA, ARS and OSU in areas of mutual interest through cooperative research programs and exchanges; (3) jointly explore and coordinate research activities of mutual interest within the scope of research and testing projects that involve work related to recombinant technology and/ or biohazards conducted in the State of Oklahoma (4) clarify the specific oversight responsibilities of each party to the agreement; (5) encourage and facilitate direct contacts among appropriate scientists and other specialists; and (6) work toward long-term cooperation in agricultural research and development programs focused on developing and transferring solutions to agricultural problems of high national priority.
Approach:
This agreement allows for mutual collaborative use of facilities and services availale through both OSU and the USDA-ARS. The purpose of this agreement is to clarify the specific roles and responsibilities that each institution agrees to assume relative to the performance, conduct, management, and/or oversight of ARS research activities which specifically involve Recombinant Nucleic Acid and pathogen research in accordance ARS Policies and Procedures 602.0, Institutional Biological Safety Committee.
