Industrial Contracts Over the last several years, the importance of industrial research at Purdue University has greatly increased. This trend will continue. There are several major differences between how SPS handles industrial proposals relative to proposals to federal agency sponsors.
Proposals going to industrial sponsors require a research agreement .
PI's should take this extra time factor into consideration when attempting to meet an industrial sponsor deadline. Sponsors may request changes to the agreement Purdue sends to them. This can result in extended negotiations between SPS and the sponsor. To view these documents, you must use the Acrobat Reader. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, it can be downloaded at no cost from Adobe.