NERSC User Agreements

An appropriate use policy form is required of all NERSC users. In addition a User Agreement between Berkeley Lab and the project's sponsoring organization is required if the project is not federally funded or is involved in proprietary research.

If your project requires a 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 the NERSC consultants at consult@nersc.gov or through the ticket interface.

User Agreements are valid for up to five years and only cover 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. If a User Agreement is required (see above) and one is not in place, the University of California (as operator of LBNL) will claim first and exclusive rights to any intellectual property conceived or reduced to practice as a result of the use of NERSC facility resources. The User Agreement also defines liability for use of DOE User Facilities.

* - ERCAP = standard DOE Production allocation
** - ALCC Proprietary User Agreement, Patent waiver application and addedum.

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.