{"id":39727,"date":"2026-01-08T09:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cya.uwm.mybluehost.me\/website_f6805f1f\/?post_type=encyclopedia&amp;p=39727"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:39:05","slug":"request-for-proposal","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/encyclopedia\/request-for-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Request for Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>request for proposal (RFP)<\/strong> is a formal document issued by a for-profit company inviting the research community to submit proposed projects for <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/encyclopedia\/sponsored-research\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sponsored research is a formal arrangement in which the company funds external researchers (typically at universities, institutes, or contract labs) to investigate defined scientific or technical questions aligned with business goals. The company specifies scope, deliverables, timelines, reporting, and governance, and negotiates terms for intellectual property, data access, publication review, confidentiality, and regulatory\/ethical compliance in&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">sponsored research<\/a>. It outlines the company&rsquo;s research needs, scope, deliverables, timelines, e<a href=\"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/encyclopedia\/valuation\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A structured estimate of an invention&rsquo;s economic value used to set license economics (upfront fees, royalties, milestones), equity terms, or option pricing. OceanWorks considers market size, competitive alternatives, development stage\/TRL, IP scope and enforceability, freedom-to-operate constraints, and comparable transactions to support negotiation with corporate partners.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">valuation<\/a> criteria, budget expectations, and compliance requirements (e.g., IP, data use, confidentiality). Researchers respond with a plan, team qualifications, costs, and milestones for competitive review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A request for proposal (RFP) is a formal document issued by a for-profit company inviting the research community to submit proposed projects for sponsored research. It outlines the company\u2019s research needs, scope, deliverables, timelines, evaluation criteria, budget expectations, and compliance requirements (e.g., IP, data use, confidentiality). Researchers respond with a plan, team qualifications, costs, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[90],"class_list":["post-39727","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-proposals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanworks.whoi.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}