Posted May 11, 2010 - 12:42pm
| LEVEL |
Name of Document |
Characteristics of Material |
Allowed Use |
Allowed Users |
Recipient Reporting Requirements |
Recipient Use Outcomes: Review Requirements |
| 1* |
“No Strings”Cover letter – no agreement |
Public Domain |
Comply with federal regs |
All (i.e. –recipient can send to others) |
None |
None |
| 2* |
Simple Letter Agreement |
Not a product candidate |
Non-commercial Research |
All PIs at recipient institution |
None |
None |
| 3* |
Implementing Letter – Uniform Biological Materials Transfer Agreement (UBMTA) |
Possible product candidate; potentially patentable or material has commercial value |
Non-commercial Research |
Recipient PI only |
Recipient Inventions using material and acknowledge source in publications |
None unless recipient plans to use for commercial purposes |
| 4 |
MTA for Basic Research Use |
Highly proprietary, possibly with confidential info |
Defined purpose or series of experiments |
Recipient PI only |
Results and Inventions |
Publications for VU confidential info (60-day review period) |
| 5 |
Research Collaboration Agreement |
Part of a research collaboration |
Defined purpose or series of experiments |
Recipient PI only |
Sharing of results – collaboration on publication |
Sharing of results – collaboration on publication |
