Public / Commercial Participation

Define the engagement before requesting the time.

This form collects the scope, use, confidentiality, rights, and budget needed to accept, decline, defer, clarify, or narrow a request without an initial email exchange merely to discover its basic terms.

Direct participation is separate from ownership of the book and access to Ask the Book materials. It is limited, individually reviewed, and compensated.

Payment purchases only the agreed time and participation. It does not purchase a particular answer, result, score, endorsement, validation, authorship, or control over interpretation.

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Applicant

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Request

C

Scope

Follow-up anticipated
D

Use

Select every intended use
E

Recording / Data

What will be collected or recorded?
F

Confidentiality

Confidentiality may protect identity and association. It cannot erase qualifying scientifically relevant experimental exposure.

If Austin is exposed to novel questions, scenarios, evidence, interpretations, model outputs, or other information capable of affecting subsequent testing, the scientifically relevant substance of that exposure becomes part of the project's experimental history. Identity, organization, affiliation, contact information, unrelated proprietary information, internal project names, and trade secrets may be protected where appropriate and legally permissible.

Should the applicant's identity remain confidential?
Should the organization's identity remain confidential?
Is proprietary or trade-secret information involved?
G

Publicity / Rights

No right is granted merely because it is requested.

H

Budget

Budget available specifically for Austin's participation
Are funds currently available?
I

Required Acknowledgments

Request details and any attached documents are intended for Austin's review of the proposed participation. Submitting does not guarantee acceptance. Read the privacy and data-handling notice for delivery, retention, and removal details.

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