Summary of Outgoing Material Transfer Agreements

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

 

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