Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkeley-Novartis Controversy

Glossary of Acronyms

G L O S S A R Y O F A C R O N Y M S C4 Committee of Four (Wilhelm Gruissem, Bob Buchanan, Peggy Lemaux, Gordon Rausser) CNR College of Natural Resources COI Conflict of interest COR Committee on Research, UC Academic Senate CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CSHE Center for Studies in Higher Education CT Conventions theory DANR Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources DIVCO Divisional Council of the Academic Senate ESPM Department of Environment Science, Policy, and Management EVCP Executive vice chancellor and provost ExCom Executive Committee of CNR FTE Full-time equivalent IP Intellectual property IPR Intellectual property rights LECG Law and Economics Consulting Group LGU Land grant university MCB Department of Molecular and Cell Biology G L O S S A RY O F A C R O N Y M S xiv MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSU Michigan State University NABRI Novartis Agribusiness Biotechnology Research Institute, Inc. NADI Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute, Inc. NIH National Institutes of Health NSF National Science Foundation NST Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology OTA Office of Technology Assessment OTL Office of Technology Licensing PB Department of Plant Biology PGEC Plant Gene Expression Center PI Principal investigator PMB Department of Plant and Microbial Biology PPA Plant Patent Act PVPA Plant Variety Protection Act R&D Research and development SAES State Agricultural Experiment Station(s) SPO Sponsored Projects Office SRR Students for Responsible Research TMRI Torrey Mesa Research Institute UC University of California UCB University of California, Berkeley UCB-N University of California, Berkeley–Novartis agreement UCOP University of California, Office of the President UIR University-industry relations USDA United States Department of Agriculture WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation U N I V E R S I T I E S I N T H E A G E O F C O R P O R AT E S C I E N C E ...