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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 DENMARK 2015-11-08
AGENCIA ESTATAL CSIC SPAIN 2017-10-17
AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY 2016-11-30
AMES LABORATORY 2016-06-07
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY 2015-03-16
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-06-08
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 2013-07-10
BLACK HILLS INSTITUTE 2017-05-25
BLAKE INDUSTRIES, INC. 2017-03-05
BOSTON COLLEGE 2018-02-18
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 2018-01-24
BROWN UNIVERSITY 2017-07-10
BRUKER, ASC 2016-04-18
CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE 2018-03-18
CAPITAL NORMAL UNIV CHINA (LIFE SCIENCES2018-02-25
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
CENTRE MICROELECTRONIQUE DE PROVENCE 2018-01-30
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY 2016-01-06
CHEVRON USA (CHEVRON ENERGY TECH CO) 2013-12-12
CHILDREN OF THE MIDDLE WATERS INST. 2013-04-15
CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-U. OF KIEL 2016-10-17
CHUNGBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY S KOREA 2018-04-04
CINVESTAV-MERIDA 2015-04-21
CIRAD (CTR COOP INT RECH AGRO DEV FRANCE2017-11-13
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2017-05-08
CNR-IMEM PARMA ITALY 2018-04-04
CNR-IMIP ITALY 2017-03-26
CNRS UNIT MIXTE PHYSIQUE/ THALES FRANCE 2015-06-23
CNRS-BRETAGNE RENNES FRANCE 2017-05-04
CNRS-CEMES FRANCE 2013-05-23
CNRS-ORLEANS FRANCE 2014-12-08
CNRS-STRASBOURG FRANCE 2016-12-22
COCRYSTAL DISCOVERY, INC 2015-02-08
COHERENT, INC. 2016-09-12
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 2015-12-21
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 2017-05-20
COOK MEDICAL INC. 2013-04-25
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CONSULTING, LLC 2016-04-18
CSIC (SPAIN) 2017-10-17
CSU CHICO 2017-02-17
CSU EAST BAY 2014-02-05
CSU NORTHRIDGE 2017-07-05
CSU SAN MARCOS 2016-06-29
DARESBURY LABORATORY 2015-05-28
DART NEUROSCIENCES LLC 2017-11-15
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 2015-03-15
DECODE GENETICS, INC. 2014-07-21
DESY 2015-11-10
DEVI AHILIYA UNIVERSITY 2014-07-15
DLA INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2018-03-13
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
ENVIA SYSTEMS 2017-11-15
ENVIROGEO RESEARCH AND CONSULTING 2016-11-28
EPF LAUSANNE 2016-11-17
EPPLEY INST FOR CANCER RESEARCH 2014-04-20
ESRF 2016-02-14
ETH ZURICH 2015-08-20
EUCLID TECHLABS 2017-10-24
EUROPEAN XFEL 2015-10-18
EXAFS ANALYSIS 2015-02-05
EXELIXIS, INC 2017-02-20
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
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY 2015-04-30
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER 2018-01-11
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM ROSSENDORF 2013-05-21
FOUNDATION FOR RSCH & TECH. HELLAS 2015-06-15
FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL 2017-07-03
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RSCH CTR 2014-04-20
FRITZ-HABER INSTITUT 2015-04-21
FUDAN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPT. 2018-02-20
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
GSI HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM 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
HAYTER CONSULTING 2017-07-20
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 (MURRAY, JORDAN-SWEET) 2014-04-06
IBM SAN JOSE (SHELBY,BETHUNE,MCCLOSKY) 2017-07-05
IFIC - INST FISICA CORPUSCULAR SPAIN 2017-12-04
ILLINOIS INST OF TECHNOLOGY 2015-04-20
ILLUMINA, INC. 2015-03-30
IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE 2016-04-22
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 2017-06-19
IMPMC FRANCE 2015-06-23
INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2014-01-28
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH LTD 2015-12-03
INST DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE FRANCE 2018-04-08
INST JOZEF STEFAN 2017-05-08
INST OF PHYSICS, ASCR 2015-08-24
INST OF PHYSICS, ASCR 2016-06-27
INST SUPERIOR TECNICO 2016-01-17
INTEL CORPORATION 2016-05-20
IPCMS 2015-08-02
ISTERRE (INST EARTH SCIENCES GRENOBLE FR2018-02-27
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM 2013-12-11
JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY KIELCE POLAND2017-12-12
JEREMY BAILOO 2018-03-19
JOAKIM BACKSTROM, CONSULTING 2013-08-08
JOHAN BIELECKI, CONSULTING 2016-08-01
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 2015-02-08
KAIST 2015-10-18
KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2016-06-18
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-03-14
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY 2015-06-07
KEELE UNIVERSITY (UK) 2017-10-22
KEK 2016-06-20
KFKI RMKI HUNGARY 2016-06-20
KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY (KAUST) SAUDI A2015-12-19
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
LAB CHIMIE PHYSIQUE U PARIS-SUD FRANCE 2016-01-06
LAB D'OPTIQUE APPLIQUEE PALAISEAU FRANCE2015-06-15
LBNL 2017-12-06
LLNL 2014-05-15
LOMONOSOV MOSCOW UNIV.-CHEMISTRY DEPT 2016-04-26
LULI 2015-11-13
LUND UNIVERSITY 2015-10-18
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
MERSIN UNIVERSITY TURKEY 2017-10-23
MIASOLE 2013-07-16
MICROELECTRONICS CTR OF PROVENCE FRANCE 2018-01-30
MIT 2018-02-13
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2017-12-10
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-07-12
MPI BAC 2015-03-17
NANO COMPOSIX, INC. 2014-06-11
NANOSYS, INC 2015-03-30
NANYANG TECH UNIV SINGAPORE 2017-11-13
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE2013-05-27
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FUR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS2016-09-20
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
NIH/NINDS 2020-01-29
NIST 2015-03-30
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-03-05
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 2015-06-21
NREL 2017-01-12
NSRRC 2017-04-09
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY 2016-12-12
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-05-19
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 2017-12-20
OMEGA-P, INC. 2017-10-10
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIV 2014-03-05
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 2017-04-17
P53 LABORATORY/A*STAR SINGAPORE 2017-06-28
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES 2013-12-12
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE 2013-12-17
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-08-26
PFIZER 2013-09-12
PLANT PV 2017-04-02
PNNL 2014-04-14
POLITECNICO 2015-11-23
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 2015-02-08
PURDUE UNIVERSITY 2017-06-14
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST 2015-11-19
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY CANADA 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 PALO ALTO LLC 2014-01-08
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2015-05-13
RUHR UNIVERSITY 2014-12-10
RWTH AACHEN UNIV IA PHYSICS INSTITUTE 2017-10-23
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, INC 2015-08-06
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
SCHLUMBERGER-DOLL RESEARCH 2015-04-22
SEMATECH 2013-05-23
SENSOR METRIX 2014-06-23
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 2016-12-02
SINCROTRONE TRIESTE 2015-06-23
SLAC 2020-01-01
SLAC SSRL 2020-12-31
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 2016-04-28
SOGANG UNIVERSITY 2016-01-25
SONOMA COUNRTY JUNIOR COLLEGE 2014-05-04
SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA 2018-01-07
SOUTHERN UNIV & A&M COLLEGE 2018-01-15
SRI INTERNATIONAL 2015-05-13
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2014-11-22
STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY 2017-05-29
STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPT. 2017-02-06
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY 2014-02-20
SWEDISH UNIV OF AGRICULTURAL SCI 2015-04-28
SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL 2016-12-04
TAKEDA CALIFORNIA 2018-04-08
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK-RISOE 2016-05-24
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDEN 2017-08-20
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 2017-05-18
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 2015-01-26
TF INSTRUMENTS 2016-09-13
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY 2017-07-30
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY 2015-12-16
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 2017-09-27
TU BERLIN-CHEM/MAT.ENG & OPTICS NUC PHYS2016-06-29
TU DELFT 2014-01-21
TU DRESDEN 2017-08-20
TU WIEN 2016-05-02
U ALABAMA 2017-06-25
U ALASKA 2013-05-21
U ALBERTA 2017-01-20
U AMSTERDAM 2017-12-04
U ARIZONA 2017-01-04
U ARKANSAS 2017-05-25
U ARKANSAS FOR MED SCI 2017-04-24
U AUCKLAND 2016-07-20
U BORDEAUX 2016-01-20
U BRITISH COLUMBIA 2015-12-23
U CALGARY CANADA 2017-11-08
U CALIFORNIA 2018-02-21
U CAMBRIDGE UK 2018-01-30
U CAMBRIDGE-BEN LUISI GROUP 2016-06-21
U CASTILLA-LA MANCHA SPAIN 2014-10-07
U CHICAGO 2015-11-11
U COLLEGE LONDON 2015-06-15
U COLOGNE (KOLN GERMANY) 2017-10-19
U COLORADO 2016-01-20
U CONNECTICUT 2014-08-20
U DUISBURG-ESSEN 2015-10-18
U EDINBURGH 2016-06-13
U EXETER 2015-07-12
U FLORIDA 2014-06-11
U FRIBOURG 2017-05-04
U GEORGIA 2014-04-06
U GIESSEN 2016-01-27
U GLASGOW 2017-06-06
U GOTHENBURG 2015-06-07
U GUANAJUATO MEXICO 2013-07-10
U HAMBURG 2016-06-11
U HELSINKI 2017-03-15
U IDAHO 2016-01-25
U ILLINOIS 2014-08-31
U JENA 2015-11-25
U KANSAS 2015-03-05
U KEIL 2016-10-17
U KENT AT CANTERBURY 2014-03-20
U KENTUCKY 2016-01-20
U KONSTANZ 2015-02-05
U LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND 2017-02-17
U LEIPZIG 2016-05-25
U LIVERPOOL 2014-12-01
U LUBECK 2015-08-05
U MAINE 2014-12-04
U MANCHESTER UK 2015-04-07
U MARYLAND-BALTIMORE 2017-03-08
U MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK 2017-11-07
U MASSACHUSETTS 2015-02-23
U MELBOURNE 2015-06-22
U MICHIGAN 2014-04-15
U MISSOURI KANSAS CITY 2017-02-20
U MONTANA 2013-06-10
U MONTREAL CANADA 2017-09-14
U NEBRASKA - LINCOLN 2018-03-11
U NEBRASKA MEDICAL CTR 2016-05-20
U NEVADA/LAS VEGAS 2014-03-20
U NEW MEXICO 2016-05-11
U NOTRE DAME 2015-03-12
U OKLAHOMA 2016-03-01
U OTAGO 2017-07-20
U OTTAWA CANADA 2018-01-25
U OXFORD UK 2015-07-19
U PADERBORN GERMANY 2015-02-05
U PENNSYLVANIA 2018-03-04
U PITTSBURGH 2014-07-17
U POLITECNICA CATALUNYA SPAIN 2017-01-20
U PUERTO RICO 2017-06-12
U REGENSBURG BAVARIA 2017-12-20
U RENNES 1 2017-05-04
U ROCHESTER 2016-04-05
U ROSTOCK 2015-10-21
U SASKATCHEWAN 2018-01-07
U SCIENCE & TECH. OF CHINA 2015-03-05
U SOUTH CAROLINA 2014-12-10
U SOUTHAMPTON 2015-03-08
U SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 2017-05-04
U ST. ANDREWS 2014-01-12
U SYDNEY 2016-03-01
U TEXAS AUSTIN 2014-06-23
U TOKYO 2017-01-04
U TORONTO 2016-01-19
U TUBINGEN GERMANY 2013-04-23
U TURABO PUERTO RICO 2017-01-12
U TURKU 2017-04-09
U UTAH 2015-05-03
U VICTORIA CANADA 2018-04-08
U WATERLOO 2017-04-04
U WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 2017-06-12
U ZURICH 2014-02-24
UGC-DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCI. RSCH. 2014-07-15
UMEA UNIVERSITET 2015-01-26
UOP, LLC 2015-06-07
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY 2015-10-18
US DA-ARS (AGRICULTURAL RES SERVICE) 2014-08-20
US ENG. RSCH. AND DEV. CTR 2014-06-23
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2016-10-06
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-04-06
UTRECHT UNIV (CHEMISTRY DEPT) NL 2015-12-21
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 2018-01-23
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2017-10-16
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 2017-11-05
XENOBE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2016-03-12
XRADIA 2018-01-11
YONSEI UNIVERSITY 2018-03-08
YORK UNIVERSITY CANADA 2017-11-16
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-01-14
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 2013-04-14

Total Institutions: 1439
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS: 99, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA Tel: 650-926-4000 | Fax: 650-926-4100