Partnership Opportunities
The USGS encourages technology transfer and use of its research developments and technologies by the private sector. As part of this, the USGS is interested in forming collaborative partnerships, such as Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), as well as Patent License Agreements with interested parties.
Agreement Mechanisms
The USGS has a variety of agreement mechanisms that we can use to partner with non-federal organizations. To learn more, click here (need to insert link).
Science Areas by Topic
As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the USGS collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. Click below to learn more.
Patents Available for Licensing
To learn more about the patents that the USGS has available for licensing, click here.
Previous Partnerships
Vista Clara, Inc.
This CRADA provides a framework for cooperation on the development, testing, and demonstration of new rapid scanning nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology for Earth science applications.
Development of fine-scale temperature models in the Delaware River
The USGS entered into a CRADA with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to develop models to 16 project temperatures in the Delaware River for use in decision support tools and ecosystem service models.
West Woodway Rock Core Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs)
The USGS Gulf Coast Petroleum Systems Team has initiated a project to improve understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group in northeast Texas. Specifically, the USGS has obtained a drill core and a set of geophysical well logs through the Eagle Ford Group in West Woodway, Texas.