---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-023306"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEWH"
cik: "0001371128"
company_name: "NewHydrogen, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:09:52.684428+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NewHydrogen enters two-year thermochemical water splitting R&D agreement with UC Santa Barbara

## Summary
- Agreement effective August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025 with UCSB.
- Research led by Professors Phillip Christopher and Eric McFarland.
- Company has a first right to negotiate a license on any Subject Inventions.
- Sponsor cost is redacted; agreement is on a cost-reimbursement basis.
- University retains right to publish results; confidentiality lasts 3 years post-term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-023306
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEWH
- cik: 0001371128
- company_name: NewHydrogen, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371128/000149315223023306/0001493152-23-023306-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371128/000149315223023306/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023306
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023306.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023306.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  NewHydrogen, Inc. entered into Research Agreement with The Regents of the University of California (effective 2023-08-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Counterparty: The Regents of the University of California
  - Effective: 2023-08-01
  source text: On June 28, 2023, NewHydrogen, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Research Agreement (the “Agreement”) with The Regents of the University of California (the “University"), on behalf of its Santa Barbara Campus.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371128/000149315223023306/0001493152-23-023306-index.htm

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