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         United States
         Environmental Protection
         Agency
           The National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL)
                      Technology Transfer  Program and CRADAs
        What is a CRADA?

           "CRADA" stands for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.

           CRADAs are agreements authorized under 15 U.S.C. § 3710a, governing joint research
           and development efforts between the U.S. government and industry.

           Since 1980, as part of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, and later in the
           Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, Congress encouraged government agencies and
           laboratories to work cooperatively with U.S. industry partners in CRADAs, to stimulate
           commercialization and use of technologies invented or studied in government laboratories.

        How does NVFEL use CRADAs to catalyze environmental technology transfer?

           CRADAs may be initiated either by NVFEL or by a private party for technology areas of
           interest that are within the mission and objectives of NVFEL.

           For environmentally-friendly technologies developed by NVFEL that have potential
           commercial value, NVFEL joins with industry partners to advance the technology and share
           the cost of the technology development.

           In return, the industry partner gains valuable laboratory insight and know-how about the
           technology, and incentives to put the beneficial technologies into commercial use.

           Everyone wins in the CRADA process:

           0  Taxpayers win through the  cost-effective use and leverage of government resources
              used to research and evaluate environmentally-friendly technologies.

           0  Industry wins with accelerated development of new technologies with commercial value,
              giving CRADA partners a competitive edge in a highly competitive global market.

           0  Consumers win with available environmentally-friendly products and services.

           0  The environment and the public win,  with cleaner air for us to breathe.
       www.epa.gov/otaq/technology
      May 2004
EPA420-F-04-035

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