[labnetwork] New Equipment Agreement

[shamus.mcnamara at louisville.edu]

At the University of Louisville, we have an interesting situation where a piece of equipment was located in a shared user facility for many years.  The faculty member who was PI on the grant that purchased it has left, one of the co-PIs has asked to move it to his lab, and one department has asked to take possession of it.  Needless to say, this creates a lot of unnecessary drama.



I would like to avoid this drama in the future by setting up an agreement covering the placement of new equipment in our center.  It should contain language that outlines what our responsibilities are (training, maintenance, safety, etc.), what rights the faculty member still has over the equipment (none), and what the benefits of placing the equipment in a shared facility are (many).



Does anyone have an agreement that you use for this purpose that you would be willing to share?



Shamus





Dr. Shamus McNamara

Director, Micro/Nano Technology Center

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Shumaker Research Building #239

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY 40292


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