Institutional User Agreements
All users must agree to, and abide by, the NERSC Appropriate Use policies. In addition, an institutional User Agreement between Berkeley Lab and the project's sponsoring organization is required if the project is not federally (U.S.) funded (or is involved in proprietary research, which is only permitted under exceptional circumstances and with written permission from the NERSC Director.)
If your project requires an institutional User Agreement with Berkeley Lab, check the list of organizations that have current institutional User Agreements (or have one in the works) shown below. If you do not find your organization there, please contact NERSC Allocations at [email protected] or through the ticket interface.
User Agreements are valid for up to five years and cover only work done at NERSC. The User Agreement is the document that permits the User and/or the home organization to retain ownership of intellectual property and defines liability for use of DOE User Facilities. If a User Agreement is required (see above) and one is not in place, the University of California (as operator of LBNL) may claim first and exclusive rights to any intellectual property conceived or reduced to practice as a result of the use of NERSC facility resources.
* - ERCAP = standard DOE Mission Science allocation
** - ALCC Proprietary User Agreement, Patent waiver application and addendum.
Institutional User Agreements
List of organizations that have institutional Non-Proprietary User Agreements in place (or process) with Berkeley Lab for use of NERSC resources.
Organization | Valid Through |
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Allen Institute | November 25, 2023 |
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro | |
Auburn University | March 13, 2024 |
Boston College | December 2, 2025 |
Bowling Green State University | June 18, 2025 |
California State University - Channel Islands | October 26, 2025 |
Carnegie Mellon University | September 21, 2025 |
Columbia University | January 13, 2025 |
Cornell University | June 20, 2024 |
Entos Inc | September 10, 2025 |
Exabyte Inc. | March 29, 2025 |
Florida A&M University | March 29, 2025 |
Florida Southern College | April 30, 2023 |
Florida State University | October 12, 2025 |
General Atomics | |
Georgia Institute of Technology | May 6, 2025 |
Harvard University | |
Illinois Institute of Technology | March 7, 2024 |
Iowa State University | August 1, 2021 |
Kent State University | March 7, 2024 |
LaGuardia Community College | March 21, 2023 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | November 19, 2023 |
Michigan State University | June 5, 2024 |
National Institute of Technology, Warangal (India) | April 22, 2025 |
National Research Council (Canada) | May 23, 2024 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology | May 5, 2025 |
North Carolina State University | June 15, 2023 |
North Dakota State University | April 30, 2024 |
Northeastern University | |
Northwestern University | November 11, 2025 |
Ohio State University | |
Pennsylvania State University | |
Pittsburg State University | |
Rice University | March 6, 2022 |
San Jose State University | November 4, 2025 |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (India) | May 13, 2025 |
Stanford University | |
Technical University of Darmstadt | May 17, 2023 |
Teraflux Corp. | May 23, 2024 |
TAE Technologies Inc. (formerly Tri Alpha Energy) | August 25, 2025 |
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York | June 25, 2024 |
University College London | September 30, 2024 |
University of Alberta | April 19, 2021 |
University of California (UCOP system wide blanket agreement) | June 10, 2025 |
University of Central Florida | December 2, 2025 |
University of Central Oklahoma | June 10, 2025 |
University of Chicago | |
University of Connecticut | September 27, 2025 |
University of Guelph | May 2, 2023 |
University of Illinois at Chicago | |
University of Kansas | August 7, 2024 |
University of Maryland | |
University of Massachusetts - Amherst | |
University of Michigan | September 9, 2025 |
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | October 28, 2025 |
University of Missouri - Kansas City | October 4, 2025 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln | August 19, 2025 |
University of Nevada Reno | March 29, 2025 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | August 14, 2023 |
University of North Dakota | April 30, 2024 |
University of Oklahoma | March 14, 2024 |
University of Oregon | |
University of Pennsylvania | January 13, 2025 |
University of South Dakota | May 25, 2025 |
University of Sussex - UK | June 10, 2024 |
University of Washington | May 5, 2024 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | November 10, 2024 |
Virginia Commonwealth University | |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | July 7, 2025 |
Wayne State University | October 8, 2024 |
Weizmann Institute of Science | August 26, 2025 |
Western Michigan University | November 11, 2025 |
Yale University | June 25, 2024 |