Division of Motorola Mobility Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) is entering into research collaboration with 8 leading US universities. As per Motorola Mobility , Multi-University Research Agreement (MURA) will help in enhancing and developing new technologies.
Following universities are involved in the close agreement , California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and Virginia Tech.
The use of a single, universal agreement with all eight universities will enable Motorola’s ATAP and researchers in these c to engage in research projects across a wide range, such as a single university researcher on a short-term research project, or a larger, cross-disciplinary and multi-university research effort. And to do so in less than 30 days, rather than the several months that traditional sponsored research agreements can often take to establish.
“The multi-university agreement is really the first of its kind,” said Kaigham J. Gabriel, vice president and deputy director of ATAP. “Such an agreement has the potential to be a national model for how companies and universities work together to speed innovation and US competitiveness, while staying true to their individual missions and cultures.”
“When we started six months ago, people told us we were crazy… that this couldn’t be done. But we found power in the similarity of our goal – to do great work, faster, and with fewer barriers – and a group of committed individuals made it so,” said Regina E. Dugan, senior vice president and director of ATAP.