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Summary of Benefits for Industrial Sponsors of the Institute for Applied
Surfactant Research
Cost: $8,000 per year.
Benefits:
1. Sponsor can send as many employees as desired to the IASR annual meeting
(usually in November or early December). At the annual meeting, students, faculty,
and research associates present results of research. Each sponsor can also designate
a member of the advisory committee. This committee meets at the end of the day
of the semiannual meeting and formulates recommendations on the optimum direction
of research in the institute - which projects are worth pursuing and which should
be less emphasized.
2. All publications from IASR are sent to sponsors upon completion. These include
theses, dissertations, and manuscripts for journals. Sponsors may request that
publication be delayed for a year. With the normal delay in publication of material
in scientific journals, at least several years lead time in access to IASR research
is normally available to sponsors compared to non-sponsors.
3. Sponsors are granted a five-year royalty-free use of patents from IASR research
as long as they remain sponsors.
4. Surfactant Associates, Inc. gives a
reduction in registration fee for their Short Course in Applied Surfactant Science
and Technology for employees of sponsoring companies. Currently, this registration is $1,300 vs.
$1,500 for employees of non-sponsors. For on site course offerings, a discounted
rate is also given for IASR sponsors hosting the course for the first time:
$13,500 vs. $15,000 fee (plus expenses for two instructors plus the cost of
notebooks/CD-ROMS for either sponsors or non-sponsors).
5. The faculty of IASR provide up to
eight hours per year per sponsor in extemporaneous telephone or e-mail consulting
time.
6. Sponsorship has other intangible benefits. Company personnel can get to know students as they progress through their studies and have an advantage in hiring these surfactant-trained students upon graduation. A close relationship between faculty and sponsor scientists can lead to synergism in exploiting state-of-the-art technologies. Identification of capabilities in IASR can lead to proprietary research contracts wherein IASR personnel can perform research using unique experimental equipment or at a lower cost than can be done in-house.