INTERAGENCY TRANS-DISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Interagency Trans-Disciplinary Partnership Award

Award Category Description

The Interagency Trans-Disciplinary Partnership Award recognizes agency and/or laboratory employees from at least two different agencies who have collaboratively accomplished outstanding work in transferring a technology. The transfer of the technology must have occurred within the last five fiscal years.

Note: Greater weight will be given to partnerships/agencies across technology sectors.

Explore past Interagency Trans-Disciplinary Partnership Award winners here.

Submission Criteria

All FLC Awards submissions must be submitted through the lab’s designated agency or laboratory representative.

  1. Describe the transferred technology of the partnership, when the transfer took place, the benefits of the transfer and what technology transfer mechanisms, resources, and/or activities were used, including any unique aspects of the transfer process (e.g., collaboration agreement, memorandum of understanding (MOU), or interagency agreement (IAA), patents, funding programs). The partnership activities must have occurred within the past five fiscal years from when the partnership mechanism was executed.
  2. Describe why and how the specific skills of each agency were brought together in this Interagency Trans-Disciplinary Partnership. Identify and describe the outstanding cooperative effort in the transfer of a specific technology, product, or service that has been adopted by, and/or benefits, another federal agency or private sector entity for government or non-government use. As part of the narrative, please identify the specific outcome(s) achieved through this interagency partnership. When possible, please provide quantifiable data/statistics and outcome information.
  3. Specifically identify and describe each nominated team member’s name and role, along with the attributes of each of the respective agency laboratories that enabled the effective transfer of the technology. Include team member qualifications and how the individuals integrated and accomplished their goal across the agencies.

Disclaimer: The judges will have a wide range of backgrounds and expertise. Accordingly, please use non-technical language to the extent possible and explain technical terms where needed. Use clear, concise language in all narrative descriptions.