Membership Agreements
Membership in the CBE consortium is obtained by signing a participation agreement with the University. This agreement describes the details of CBE membership, including member benefits, confidentiality, and intellectual property terms. Membership agreements are administered by the University's Industry Alliances Office. View the standard agreement language (pdf) .
Annual Fees for Standard Memberships
Special cost sharing arrangements with UC Berkeley allow CBE to reduce overhead and administrative costs to maximize partner investment in our research projects. As a result, the standard annual membership fee of $35,000 provide partners with access to a research portfolio with annual funding of close to $1 million.
Annual Fees for A/E/C Memberships
The Center staff and industry partners agree that the participation of leading architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) firms is important to the Center's success. Because research investment in these types of companies is generally modest, CBE has created two membership alternatives for them. One membership option allows the formation of teams, with up to five A/E/C firms, that share one $35,000 membership. Representatives of the firms from these membership teams may attend informational events at IAB meetings, but must choose one team member to serve as their voting representative. Alternatively, individual A/E/C firms may join with a $12,000 annual membership.
To find out more about membership in CBE, please contact us at (510) 642-4950, by e-mail at cbe@berkeley.edu.