How does a corporation become a TRUST partner?
Christopher Brooks, 23 May 2005
Last updated: 31 Jan 2008

The TRUST corporate partners are listed on the Corporate Partners page.

Corporate partnerships with the TRUST Center are available at different levels as outlined below.

Affiliate	Not less than $75,000 per year	Affiliate membership includes the following benefits: Invitation to periodic reviews of TRUST. Access to selected internal TRUST websites. Access to publications, reports and presentations by TRUST researchers. Access to students and faculty in TRUST. An annual research report of the activities of TRUST. Advance notice of intellectual property created by TRUST. Intellectual property access as defined in the agreement. (See Appendix C(1))
Small or Minority-Owned Business	Not less than $10,000 per year	All of the benefits of an Affiliate
Partner	Not less than $150,000 per year	All of the benefits of an Affiliate, plus the following: Opportunity to nominate a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of TRUST on an annual basis. Opportunity to place visitors, as Visiting Industrial Fellows (VIF), at the University using the process identified in section I. VIF appointments are subject to standard University of California policies; see section I of the Trust Membership Agreement for further information. Company may request VIF status for additional people, and TRUST will review and provide approval conditions. Selected early access to software developed by TRUST. When possible, and for software projects within TRUST that use networked version control systems (such as CVS) for collaborative software development, early access to pre-release development versions of the software is available. Intellectual property access as defined in the agreement. (See Appendix C(2) of the Trust Membership Agreement)
Premium Partner	Not less than $300,000 per year	All of the benefits of a Partner, plus the following: Intellectual property access as defined in the agreement. (See Appendix C(3) of the Trust Membership Agreement) No more frequently than once per year, if requested by the company a private research review meeting at the University or at a mutually agreeable site. Travel and related expenses for the participants, if any, will be covered by the individual Premium Partner.

If your corporation is interested in joining TRUST, please contact Larry Rohrbough (larryr (at) eecs dot berkeley dot edu), the TRUST Executive Director.