Georgia Tech Research Corporation | |
Type: | Nonprofit |
Foundation: | 1937 recreated in 1946 |
Founder: | Harry L. Baker Jr. (1946) |
Location City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Location Country: | USA |
Parent: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Divisions: | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC) |
The Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) is a contracting organization that supports research and technological development at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Name | Years | |
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Industrial Development Council | 1937 - 1946 | |
Georgia Tech Research Institute | 1946 - 1984 | |
Georgia Tech Research Corporation | 1984 - present |
By 1984 Georgia Tech had reorganized the duties and scopes of both the 'contracting agency' and the State EES in response to Tech's changes in priorities over time towards contracting in research and technological development with national industries and the federal government (especially Department of Defense agencies), and with foreign governments.[5] [6] At that time the 'contracting agency' was assigned its modern name, the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC); and the Engineering Experiment Station, now fully integrated into the academic and research structure of Georgia Tech, succeeded to its new name, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).[7] [8] [9]
GTRC is a nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of all academic departments and divisions of Georgia Tech not related to the (1984-created) Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)—which uses the dedicated services of the Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC). The GTRC serves as the contracting agency for sponsored research projects performed by Georgia Tech and it provides administrative and financial support to Georgia Tech. It is a 501(c)(3) corporation[10] and utilizes the cost principles defined in OMB Circular A-21.
GTRC owns all intellectual property that arises from research and other scholarly activity conducted by Georgia Tech, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Its Office of Technology Licensing administers invention disclosures, patents, copyrights, and licenses for both GTRC and GTARC.