Office of Research Tier One: Facilitated Access CAPP Membership - Office of Research

Tier One: Facilitated Access CAPP Membership

Overview

Tier One membership supports strong CAPP member affiliations with UC Davis primarily through shared information and general educational opportunities. Tier One provides crucial funds to build a unit’s core programs and to support the delivery of program benefits. The membership is categorized as a gift for accounting and tax purposes.

Program Characteristics

  • Designed to support a broad-based and active partnership that keeps the industry partner up-to-date and fully engaged with the program’s research, education and outreach activities.
  • Industry partners are granted facilitated access to information from the program, typically through periodic meetings on campus and at their sites, conferences and/or workshops and the distribution of publications and presentations.
  • Industry partners are not included in decisions about ongoing program research, and partners do not participate in research directly.
  • Provides a key mechanism for an industry partner to assist a UC Davis program with the crucial funding it needs to expand programs in areas of strong mutual interest.

Potential Member Benefits

  • Annual overview of center-related activities and research interests.
  • Company-specific briefings on campus and via site visits by faculty, researchers and graduate students.
  • Access to members-only website.
  • Receipt of periodic program newsletters, publications and presentations.
  • Opportunity to develop and sponsor courses tailored to the partner’s interest.
  • Access to sponsored conferences, workshops and meetings.
  • Assistance in arranging for visiting scholars from industry partners to a program-associated research unit.
  • Access to faculty, students and research staff through program events.
  • Assistance in identification of students for potential employment (full-time and internships) and participation in student recruitment/showcase sessions.
  • Membership benefits do not include the support for specific research programs, and intellectual property terms are likewise not included in Tier One member benefits.
  • Appointment of a CAPP member’s representative to the program’s advisory committee (committee does not vote on any program-directing matters).

Funds Administration

  • UC Davis’ 6% gift fee is assessed on each membership; primary campus funds processing is handled through the central Development gift processing system.
  • Industry members in Tier One may take a tax deduction for this category of support.
  • No indirect cost is recovered by UC Davis on Tier One support.