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Access to High Technology User Facilities at DOE National Laboratories

In recognition of the nation's expanding need to engage businesses and universities in the areas of commercial and basic science research, the Department of Energy has developed two special types of agreements for use at all DOE National Laboratories with approved designated user facilities, see http://www.gc.doe.gov/1002.htm.

User Agreements

All user experiments must be run under the terms of a User Agreement executed by the appropriate institutional officer(s) at your institution and their counterpart at Stanford University. A single User Agreement covers all experimenters from that institution (User Institution = "user"). Collaborators who are not coming to SSRL do not require a User Agreement. These signed agreements must be on completed and on file at SSRL prior to your experimental run.


The Department of Energy has implemented standard user agreements for Non-Proprietary Research and for Proprietary Research. Only minor modifications to the terms of the agreements may be made by the user institution or contractor. Substantive changes require approval by the DOE Contracting Officer which will likely delay user access to the user facility. In instances where DOE Contracting Officer approval for substantive changes cannot be obtained, Work for Others (WFOs) and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) may be more appropriate due to the increased flexibility such agreements afford.


To verify whether or not a current user agreement is in place between your institution and Stanford University, please see list below or contact Michelle Steger or call 650-926-3011.


Non-Proprietary User Agreement (Format: RTF, PDF)

Proprietary User Agreement (Format: RTF, PDF)


Enter the institution name as "user" and mail the completed and signed agreement(s) to:

Michelle Steger
SLAC, MS 99
2575 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025



User Agreements Executed With These User Institutions:

Institution Expiration Date
AARHUS UNIVERSITY 2015-11-08
ADVANCED MATERIALS RSCH. CTR. 2012-10-19
ALBA 2012-09-06
AMES LABORATORY 2016-06-07
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY 2015-03-16
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-06-08
ASTON METALLURGICAL SERVICES CO., INC 2012-12-14
ATOMINSTITUT OSTERRIECHISCHEN 2012-12-12
ATOMINSTITUTE, TU WIEN 2012-12-14
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 2013-07-10
Aix-Marseille University 2016-11-30
BECKMAN RSCH. INST. OF THE CITY OF HOPE 2012-06-01
BLAKE INDUSTRIES, INC. 2017-03-05
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2015-11-03
BP AMOCO CORPORATION 2014-06-23
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2016-04-27
BRITISH PETROLEUM 2014-06-23
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY 2013-01-24
BRUKER, ASC 2016-04-18
CALTECH 2013-01-09
CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE 2013-01-09
CARNEGIE INST OF WASHINGTON 2014-01-28
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 2015-03-10
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 2013-05-16
CEA MARCOULE 2015-11-29
CEA SACLAY 2016-11-10
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION 2014-11-12
CENTER FOR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2014-03-31
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY 2016-01-06
CHEVRON RESEARCH & TECH COMPANY 2013-12-02
CHILDREN OF THE MIDDLE WATERS INST. 2013-04-15
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2012-12-14
CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-U. OF KIEL 2016-10-17
CINVESTAV-MERIDA 2015-04-21
CITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTER 2012-06-01
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2017-05-08
CNR-IMP 2017-03-26
CNRS BRETAGNE-RENNES 2017-04-19
CNRS-CEMES 2013-05-23
CNRS-ORLEANS 2014-12-07
CNRS-ORSAY 2015-07-12
CNRS-STRASBOURG 2016-12-22
CNRS-THALES 2015-06-23
COCRYSTAL DISCOVERY, INC 2015-02-08
COHERENT, INC. 2016-09-12
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 2015-12-21
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 2017-05-20
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 2012-11-30
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2013-03-31
COOK MEDICAL INC. 2013-04-25
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 2013-02-01
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CONSULTING, LLC 2016-04-18
CSU CHICO 2017-02-17
CSU EAST BAY 2014-02-05
CSU FULLERTON 2013-03-31
CSU SAN MARCOS 2016-06-29
DARESBURY LABORATORY 2015-05-28
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 2015-03-15
DECODE GENETICS, INC. 2014-07-21
DESY 2015-11-10
DEVI AHILIYA UNIVERSITY 2014-07-15
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE, LTD. 2013-04-08
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 2014-05-15
DREXEL UNIVERSITY 2014-08-19
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY 2016-07-21
DUKE UNIVERSITY 2016-03-21
ECOLE POLY. FED. DE LAUSANNE 2016-11-17
ELI LILLY 2015-06-23
EMBL 2015-02-05
EMERALD BIOSTRUCTURES 2015-03-05
EMPA 2016-03-24
EPF LAUSANNE 2016-11-17
EPPLEY INST FOR CANCER RESEARCH 2014-04-20
ESRF 2016-02-14
ETH ZURICH 2015-08-20
EUROPEAN XFEL 2015-10-18
EXAFS ANALYSIS 2015-02-05
EXELIXIS, INC 2017-02-20
EnviroGeo Research and Consulting 2016-11-28
F. HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CTR 2014-03-30
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS QUIMICAS 2017-01-11
FAIRVIEW ASSOCIATES 2013-10-10
FEIFEI YANG 2014-11-05
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY 2012-12-14
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY 2015-04-30
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER 2013-01-08
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM ROSSENDORF 2013-05-21
FOUNDATION FOR RSCH & TECH. HELLAS 2015-06-15
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RSCH CTR 2014-04-20
FRITZ-HABER INSTITUT 2015-04-21
FUDAN UNIVERSITY 2013-03-03
FYSIKUM 2015-10-18
GENENTECH, INC 2013-06-02
GENOMICS INST NOVARTIS RES FDTN 2016-10-28
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2014-01-12
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-02-15
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 2016-03-28
GRAZ UNIV. OF TECH.-PHYSICAL & THEORETIC2016-06-01
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 2012-07-31
GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM 2015-11-03
HANYANG UNIVERSITY 2016-03-19
HARVARD ART MUSEUM 2017-01-31
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2016-03-31
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 2016-03-09
HAUPTMAN-WOODWARD 2015-03-10
HD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2014-02-20
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN 2015-07-12
HEWLETT PACKARD 2016-03-25
HHMI 2014-03-05
HHMI, UNIV. OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN 2014-03-05
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY 2013-06-02
HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2016-01-20
IBARAKI UNIVERSITY 2013-08-11
IBM RESEARCH, MURRAY AND JORDAN-SWEET 2014-04-06
ILLINOIS INST OF TECHNOLOGY 2015-04-20
ILLUMINA, INC. 2015-03-30
IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE 2016-04-22
IMPMC 2015-06-23
INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2014-01-28
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH LTD 2015-12-03
INNOVALIGHT 2013-02-14
INST OF PHYSICS, ASCR 2016-06-27
INST. OF PHYSICS, ASCR 2015-08-24
INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN 2017-05-08
INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS 2012-11-28
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO 2016-01-17
INTEL CORPORATION 2016-05-20
IPCMS 2015-08-02
J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTE 2012-05-30
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM 2013-12-11
JOAKIM BACKSTROM, CONSULTING 2013-08-08
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 2015-02-08
Johan Bielecki, Consulting 2016-08-01
KAIST 2015-10-18
KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2016-06-18
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-03-14
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY 2015-06-07
KEK 2016-06-20
KFKI RMKI HUNGARY 2016-06-20
KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY 2015-12-19
KINGS COLLEGE 2017-01-20
KOHAT UNIVERSITY 2017-04-17
KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2016-06-10
KOREA RSCH. INST. OF STANDARDS/SCIENCE 2017-03-02
LA JOLLA INST. FOR ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY 2017-02-07
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY 2017-05-04
LABORATOIRE D'OPTIQUE APPLIQUEE 2015-06-15
LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE 2016-01-06
LANL 2013-03-24
LBNL 2013-01-18
LLNL 2014-05-15
LOMONOSOV MOSCOW UNIV.-CHEMISTRY DEPT 2016-04-26
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2012-05-30
LULI 2015-11-13
LUND UNIVERSITY 2015-10-18
MARK DREILING, CONSULTING 2013-04-03
MAX BORN INSTITUTE 2015-10-11
MAX LAB 2015-07-12
MAX PLANCK ADVANCED STUDY GROUP 2016-05-15
MAX PLANCK EISENFORSCHUNG 2015-01-15
MAX PLANCK INST. FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH 2015-05-19
MAX PLANCK INST. FUR KERNPHYSIK 2016-05-16
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE 2017-05-04
MAX PLANCK-MPI BAC 2015-04-19
MAX-BORN INSTITUTE 2015-10-11
MCGILL UNIVERSITY 2015-11-02
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND 2014-11-24
METABASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC. 2013-01-14
MIASOLE 2013-07-16
MIT 2012-09-06
MONASH UNIVERSITY 2013-01-17
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2013-01-17
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-07-12
MPI BAC 2015-03-17
NANO COMPOSIX, INC. 2014-06-11
NANOSYS, INC 2015-03-30
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER 2013-01-08
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE2013-05-27
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FUR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS2016-09-20
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2014-05-29
NATIONAL RES COUNCIL OF CANADA 2014-06-11
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY 2016-06-16
NETL 2016-01-11
NIELS BOHR INSTITUTET 2016-10-06
NIH/NCI/CCR/MCL 2015-09-10
NIH/NIDDK 2014-05-29
NIST 2015-03-30
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-03-05
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 2015-06-21
NOVARTIS 2013-01-11
NREL 2017-01-12
NSRRC 2017-04-09
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY 2016-12-12
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-05-19
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIV 2014-03-05
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 2017-04-17
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES 2013-12-12
PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 2012-12-14
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE 2013-12-17
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-08-26
PFIZER 2013-09-12
PLANT PV 2017-04-02
PLEXXIKON INC. 2012-07-03
PNNL 2014-04-14
POLITECNICO 2015-11-23
POMONA COLLEGE 2012-07-13
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 2012-07-03
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 2015-02-08
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY 2015-11-19
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST 2015-11-19
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN 2015-11-09
RAYONIX, LLC 2013-12-03
RECEPTOS, INC. 2016-05-11
RECIPROCAL SPACE CONSULTING 2015-02-24
RICE UNIVERSITY 2015-01-11
RIKEN 2015-01-14
ROCHE 2014-01-08
ROCHE PALO ALTO LLC 2014-01-08
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2015-05-13
RUHR UNIVERSITY 2014-12-10
S.S. PAPADOPULOS & ASSOCIATES 2013-06-13
SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE 2016-01-04
SALK INSTITUTE 2015-04-19
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2016-07-19
SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION 2015-08-02
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-08-19
SAN JOSE STATE UNIV., DANIEL LOY 2013-08-01
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-04-06
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES 2013-04-14
SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RSCH. INST. 2016-01-20
SAPIENZA - UNIVERSITA DI ROMA 2013-02-22
SCHLUMBERGER-DOLL RESEARCH 2015-04-22
SEEO, INC. 2013-02-25
SEMATECH 2013-05-23
SENSOR METRIX 2014-06-23
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 2016-12-02
SINCROTRONE TRIESTE 2015-06-23
SLAC 2020-01-01
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 2016-04-28
SOGANG UNIVERSITY 2016-01-25
SONOMA COUNRTY JUNIOR COLLEGE 2014-05-04
SRI INTERNATIONAL 2015-05-13
SSRL 2020-12-31
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2014-11-22
STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY 2017-05-11
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY 2014-02-20
STRUCTURE BASED DESIGN, INC. 2013-03-17
SWEDISH UNIV OF AGRICULTURAL SCI 2015-04-28
SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL 2016-12-04
Stockholm University-Dept. of Physics 2017-02-06
TAKEDA SAN DIEGO 2013-05-06
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK-RISOE 2016-05-24
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 2017-05-18
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 2015-01-26
TF INSTRUMENTS 2016-09-13
THE SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION, INC2015-08-06
THE UNIVERSITY MANCHESTER 2013-01-24
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY 2015-12-16
TU BERLIN-CHEM/MAT.ENG & OPTICS NUC PHYS2016-06-29
TU DELFT 2014-01-21
TU WIEN 2016-05-02
TYCO ELECTRONICS 2012-10-19
UGC-DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCI. RSCH. 2014-07-15
UMEA UNIVERSITET 2015-01-26
UNIV DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA 2014-10-07
UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCI 2017-04-24
UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE-BEN LUISI GROUP 2016-06-21
UNIV. OF SCIENCE & TECH. OF CHINA 2015-03-05
UNIV.PIERRE MARIE CURIE-PARIS 2012-06-26
UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO 2013-07-10
UNIVERSIDAD MARISTA DE MERIDA 2013-04-01
UNIVERSITAET KEIL 2016-10-17
UNIVERSITAT DUISBURG-ESSEN 2015-10-18
UNIVERSITAT GIESSEN 2016-01-27
UNIVERSITAT ROSTOCK 2015-10-21
UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNE 2017-02-17
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 2015-06-15
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 2013-05-21
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 2017-01-20
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2017-01-04
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND 2016-07-20
UNIVERSITY OF BONN 2013-03-18
UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX 2016-01-20
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 2015-12-23
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY 2012-10-10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 2013-01-31
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 2016-06-21
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2012-09-06
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 2015-11-11
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 2016-01-20
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2014-08-20
UNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVA 2013-08-21
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 2013-03-17
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 2016-06-13
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 2015-07-12
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2014-06-11
UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG 2017-05-04
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 2014-04-06
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG 2015-06-07
UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG 2016-06-11
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 2013-02-25
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI 2017-03-15
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 2016-01-25
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 2014-08-31
UNIVERSITY OF JENA 2015-11-25
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 2015-03-05
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CTR 2012-11-30
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY 2014-03-20
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 2016-01-20
UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ 2015-02-05
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG 2016-05-25
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL 2014-12-01
UNIVERSITY OF LUBECK 2015-08-05
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 2014-12-04
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 2015-04-05
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE 2017-03-08
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 2015-02-23
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2015-06-22
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2014-04-15
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 2012-10-10
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 2013-06-10
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CTR 2016-05-20
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA/LAS VEGAS 2014-03-20
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 2016-05-11
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 2015-03-12
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 2016-03-01
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO 2012-07-18
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 2015-07-19
UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN 2015-02-05
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 2014-07-17
UNIVERSITY OF RENNES 1 2017-05-04
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 2016-04-05
UNIVERSITY OF ROME 2013-01-29
UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA 2013-01-29
UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK 2015-11-21
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 2013-01-09
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2014-12-10
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON 2015-03-08
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2013-02-01
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 2017-05-04
UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS 2014-01-12
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 2016-03-01
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 2013-01-08
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN 2014-06-23
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO 2013-01-08
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH 2013-01-18
UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 2017-01-04
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 2016-01-19
UNIVERSITY OF TUBINGEN 2013-04-23
UNIVERSITY OF TURKU 2017-04-09
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2015-05-03
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA 2013-03-06
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2013-04-01
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 2017-04-04
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH 2014-02-24
UOP, LLC 2015-06-07
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY 2015-10-18
US ENG. RSCH. AND DEV. CTR 2014-06-23
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2016-10-06
USDA-ARS 2014-08-20
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-04-06
UTRECHT UNIV. (CHEMISTRY DEPT) 2015-12-21
Universidad del Turabo 2017-01-12
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2017-01-20
University of Missouri-Kansas City 2017-02-20
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 2012-12-14
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2012-09-05
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON 2012-06-01
VIRGINIA POLY INST & STATE UNIV 2013-01-08
Vinayak Hassan, Consulting 2016-08-22
WASEDA UNIVERSITY 2016-11-24
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2016-07-18
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-12-05
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 2016-05-24
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2015-06-23
WESTERN U OF HEALTH SCIENCES 2016-11-07
WETSUS 2016-05-18
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 2013-08-11
WOFFORD COLLEGE 2015-06-15
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 2012-07-13
XENOBE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2016-03-12
YONSEI UNIVERSITY 2013-01-18
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-01-14
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 2013-04-14

Total Institutions: 1355
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS: 99, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA Tel: 650-926-4000 | Fax: 650-926-4100