Client Privacy

While it is the preference of the MENV Graduate Program to share students’ work publicly, Capstone Partners may request non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) due to the nature of the data they share with student team members. This is an agreement between the students and client organization, and as a general rule students do not sign this document on behalf of the University of Colorado Boulder. Whatever proprietary statement is signed cannot prohibit student work from being shared with the general public, but the agreement can be written to mask proprietary information, for example, substituting a pseudonym (e.g. Company X) for a specific organization name. Negotiation of the terms and conditions of an agreement may be necessary. These negotiations are conducted through the University of Colorado Boulder Office of Contracts and Grants, who has expertise related to openness of research. A sample Capstone Project non-disclosure agreement is available upon request.