Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) Handbook

The term Cooperative Research and Development Agreement means any agreement between one or more Federal laboratories and one or more non-Federal parties under which the Government, through its laboratories, provides personnel, services, facilities, equipment, or other resources with or without reimbursement but not funds to non-Federal parties and the non-Federal parties provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, or other resources toward the conduct of specified research or development efforts which are consistent with the missions of the laboratory except that such term does not include a procurement contract or cooperative agreement as those terms are used in Sections 6303, 6304, and 6305 of Title 31, U.S. Code.