Sponsored Research Agreements - Funded
| Agreement Type | Agreement Purpose | When Appropriate | Limitations and Restrictions | Indirect Cost Rate | Whom to Call/Consult and Who Signs the Agreement |
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| Sponsored Research Agreement | Single research project with a corporate/industry sponsor. | For research projects with industry sponsors, completed singly. |
Standard Federal Research Rates
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UMass Innovation Institute (UMII) | |
| Master Research Agreement | For use when a company or Federal agency wants to engage UMass in multiple research projects. Since the key terms and conditions (IP, publication, etc.) are pre-negotiated. | When company wants to do multiple sponsored research projects. | Terms and conditions apply to all the projects. |
Standard Federal Research Rates |
UMII – Industry OPAM - Federal |
| Core Facilities Master Agreement | For use when a company wants to utilize the Core Facilities Services, especially for more than one transaction. | When performing a service and not engaged in research. | Cannot use when engaged in human research, unless the sponsor has its own IRB and does its own recruiting. | See IALS Core Facilities website for rates |
Service Center – UMII handles any edits to standard agreement and signature |
| Scoping or Exploratory Agreement | Research project of short duration in the hopes that this brief investigation may lead to future studies of longer duration. | Feasibility studies. | Short duration (less than 6 months, less than $50,000), can only be used 1 time per project. | 26% | UMass Innovation Institute (UMII) |
| Research Services Agreement | For use when a company wants to run tests or perform a service outside the Core Facilities. | For short duration, test or service-based projects where there is not research, no anticipated IP. |
Not Research |
UMass Innovation Institute (UMII) | |
| Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) | Encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) with the potential for commercialization. Requires formal collaboration with nonprofit research institutions. | Small business must be American-owned and independently operated; For Profit; Principal researcher must be employed by the business; Company size limited to 500 employees. | Federal Flow Through Funding; Often includes FAR and DFAR requirements. |
Phase One: 26% (or 28% if DOD) Phase Two: Same as Federal On Campus Research Rate |
Office of Post-Award Management (OPAM) |
| Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) | Encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) with the potential for commercialization. Requires formal collaboration with nonprofit research institutions. | Small business must be American-owned and independently operated; For Profit; Principal researcher must be employed by the business; Company size limited to 500 employees. |
Federal Flow Through Funding; Often includes FAR and DFAR requirements. |
Phase One: 26% (or 28% if DOD) Phase Two: Same as Federal On Campus Research Rate |
Office of Post-Award Management (OPAM) |
| Consortium Agreement | Enables multiple parties (usually non-federal organizations) to participate together in research and to share the outcomes of the research. | Provides for the sharing of obligations, rights, and benefits among all consortium members. |
UMII – Industry OPAM - Federal |
Research Facilitation Agreements - No Funding
| Agreement Type | Agreement Purpose | When Appropriate | Limitations and Restrictions | Indirect Cost Rate | Whom to Call/Consult and Who Signs the Agreement |
| Non-Disclosure Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements | Exchange of confidential and proprietary information. | Useful when parties need to include confidential information in initial discussions about specific processes, methods or technology to determine the potential for a future relationship. | N/A – not funded | Technology Transfer Office (TTO) | |
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Data Use, Data Sharing, and/or Data Transfer |
Protect confidentiality but permit appropriate publication and sharing of research results in accordance with university policies, applicable laws and regulations, and federal requirements. | When dealing with data that requires protection, and the restrictions on the data are not addressed in another agreement. | N/A – not funded | Office of Research Compliance (ORC) | |
| Teaming Agreements | Between the university and one or more organizations that are joining together to propose a new cooperative research program to a prime sponsor—often a federal or foreign government agency—in response to a competitive request for proposal. | Establishes the lead institution on the proposal as the recipient of any resulting funding. That organization will generally issue a subcontract to the other institution for its share of the proposed research. | Sometimes required by the funding agency’s proposal guidelines. | N/A – not funded |
UMII – Industry OPAM - Federal |
| Equipment Loan or Transfer Agreement | When equipment is to be loaned by the university to another organization or by another organization to the university. | Ensures that the loaned equipment is clearly defined, appropriately protected and tracked, and will be returned under the right circumstances. | N/A – not funded | Office of Research Compliance (ORC) | |
| Facility Use Agreement | Contract between institutions that grants one institution access to the other institution's facilities such as laboratories and research equipment. | N/A – not funded | Compliance/TTO | ||
| Material Transfer Agreements | Governs the transfer of tangible biological research materials between two organizations, when the recipient institution intends to use the biological material for its own research purposes. | Includes common issues such as allowable uses, transfer of rights, intellectual property rights, confidentiality, and liability. | N/A – not funded | Technology Transfer Office (TTO) | |
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Collaborative Research Agreements |
Establishes the rights and responsibilities of research collaborators that are participating in a specific collaborative research project whereby no funds are exchanged between the collaborators. | May include the exchange of in-kind support such as tangible research materials (e.g., mice, antibodies, computer chips), software, data or may involve a no-cost loan of equipment. | N/A – not funded | Compliance/TTO | |
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) |
Formal research and development agreements between a Federal agency and one or more non-Federal parties to perform collaborative research and development in any area that is consistent with the Federal agency's mission. | Allow the government to provide resources to non-federal parties, such as: personnel, services, facilities, equipment, and intellectual property. | N/A – not funded | OPAM | |
| Visiting Scholar / Researcher Agreement | Covers concerns regarding visitors to campus including access to confidential and proprietary materials, safety and liability concerns, training requirements, and intellectual property. | Either visitors to UMass Amherst or UMass Amherst researchers visiting elsewhere. | N/A – not funded | Office of Research Compliance (ORC) | |
| Allocation of Rights | Requirement for STTR Program. | N/A – not funded | Technology Transfer Office (TTO) |