Industrial Members

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  Alakai Defense Systems

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  Drug Enforcement Administration

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  Federal Bureau of Investigation

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  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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  LLNL Forensic Science Center

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  Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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  Pendar Technologies

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  Signature Science

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  U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory

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  U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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  United States Secret Service

Benefits of CARFS Industrial Membership 

Any company, federal research, and development organization, or government-owned contractor-operated laboratory may become a member of the center. Companies and federal agencies contribute $25,000 annually in support of the center. Companies sign a membership agreement, while federal agencies agree to terms and conditions similar to those expressed in the membership agreement. Additional information can be found in the sample membership agreement.

Benefits of membership in an I/UCRC includes: 

• Creating intelligence through the collective wisdom and resources of academia, industry, and government entities.
• Experiencing ROI by leveraging support from NSF, universities and partners. For example a 20:1 return on investment can be realized by one membership of $50K accessing $1M in research projects and resources.
• Enjoying royalty-free non-exclusive licensing of the center intellectual property of all academic sites.
• Gaining access to the entire center research portfolio, papers, software, and architectures.
• Leveraging the world-class talent of top professors and industry researchers in forensic science.
• Accessing outstanding next-generation students expanding industry workforce development.
• Networking with leaders from the top forensic science lab, research universities, and companies.

Membership Structure

• The center membership fees are pooled to fund competitive research projects based on votes from IAB members. At least 90% of program income must be used to support the direct costs of research.
• Members vote to select projects and set their funding levels. Voting rights are assigned based on membership fees with full members assigning their $50,000 membership to the project(s) they choose. Double members assign their $100,000 membership to the projects they choose and double members get to vote twice for governance issues, like changing bylaws, etc.
• Semi-annual meetings are held in spring/fall for project selection and reporting.

IAB Member Files

Files will be posted here for download by Industrial Advisory Board members.

• 12th Bi-Annual IAB Meeting Jan 30, 2024 - Proposals for review (.pdf, password protected)
• 2021-2022 Presentations and Reports
• 2021 Progress Reports
• 2020 Final Reports
• 2020 Final Report N011
• 2019 Final Reports
• 2018 Final Reports