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Material Transfer Agreements

The Award Acceptance & Contract Negotiation team can assist you with preparing or negotiating Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs). A MTA is required both in bringing in and sending out materials and/or data to another institution or entity. Materials may vary, but occur in wide variety of disciplines including but not limited to chemistry, biology, computer science, engineering, and life sciences. The MTA is used to define the terms and conditions for the exchange of materials and could allocate rights that result from their use, and thus could impact current or future research.

To get started with an MTA, please use our MTA Intake Form.