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IP section of a standard grant agreement

Intellectual Property: Grantee and the Foundation agree that all intellectual property (IP) rights (including copyright, patent, and any other rights) in materials arising out of or resulting from Grantee’s use of the grant funds or any earning thereon (the “Public Materials”) shall be owned by Grantee.

Grantee acknowledges that the Foundation wishes to ensure the widest possible distribution of the Public Materials and ensure that they are and remain generally available to the public. Accordingly, Grantee hereby grants, and shall ensure that any individuals who have any IP rights in Public Materials shall grant, to the Foundation, under all IP rights of such party, a non-exclusive, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, paid-up, worldwide, sublicenseable license to use or publish the Public Materials; provided, however, that the Foundation shall not exercise such rights except (a) in connection with the activities of the Foundation, and/or (b) in the event Grantee materially breaches the terms of this Agreement. Grantee, at the Foundation’s request, agrees to execute any additional documents required to affect such license. Upon Grantee’s request in writing, the parties shall cooperate to identify whether any particular materials produced by Grantee constitute Public Materials; provided that Grantee and the Foundation acknowledge that Public Materials shall include all materials required to be developed as described in the applicable grant description.