Program Participants

The Stanford Platform Laboratory Affiliates Program offers two levels of membership: Premium Members and Regular Members. Premium Members pay $500,000 per year and Regular Members pay $200,000 per year as fees. The program is designed to facilitate the relationship between academia and industry. These funds support research and facilitate the exploration of new innovative ideas.

This Agreement is effective when the company pays its first annual contribution to the Platform Lab Fund. The Agreement is considered renewed automatically upon each subsequent annual payment, and may be terminated by written notice from either Stanford University or the company to the other.

Benefits of Premium Membership

• 1.1 Company can participate in Program projects on a regular basis and attend weekly project meetings.
• 1.2 Company will receive regular updates on Program projects.
• 1.3 Company will actively engage with students and faculty.
• 1.4 Company can send up to five (5) representatives to twice-a-year review meetings with opportunities for an informal exchange of ideas among industry representatives and Stanford researchers and students.
• 1.5 Company may receive preprints and reprints of copies of (or access to) research reports, papers and other publications originated by faculty and students associated with the Program.
• 1.6 Company will be invited to send up to two Visiting Scholars to Stanford under the terms and conditions set forth in Stanford’s policies and practices governing Visiting Scholars: https://doresearch.stanford.edu/policies/research-policy-handbook/non-faculty-research-appointments/visiting-scholars.

Benefits of Regular Membership

• 1.1 Company will receive regular updates on Program projects.
• 1.2 Company will actively engage with students and faculty.
• 1.3 Company can send up to two (2) representatives to twice-a-year review meetings with opportunities for an informal exchange of ideas among industry representatives and Stanford researchers and students.
• 1.4 Company may receive preprints and reprints of copies of (or access to) research reports, papers and other publications originated by faculty and students associated with the Program.
• 1.5 With the agreement of the Platform Lab and an additional $50,000 annual contribution to the Affiliates Program, Company may send one Visiting Scholar to Stanford to collaborate with Platform Lab personnel, under the terms and conditions set forth in Stanford’s policies and practices governing Visiting Scholars: https://doresearch.stanford.edu/policies/research-policy-handbook/non-faculty-research-appointments/visiting-scholars. This offer is subject to Platform Lab approval of the proposed visitor, as well as Lab capacity limits (Premium Members have priority).

Use of Open Source Software

The Platform Lab researchers will use and develop open-source software, and it is the intention of all the Platform Lab researchers that any software released will be released under an open source model, such as the BSD open source license. The center is open to all Stanford faculty who share this goal.

Stanford University Policies Affecting Industrial Program Memberships