Templates
| Agreement Name/Link | Agreement Description |
|---|---|
| Funded Agreements | |
| Sponsored Research Agreement | A Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA) is a contract whereby one party (a sponsor) provides funding to another for the purpose of performing research activities under the direction of a Principal Investigator. Sponsored Research Agreements are not limited to a specific industry and may be used for research projects with universities, non-profit organizations, as well as private industry sponsors. The SRA will contain provisions that govern the project's scope of work (SOW), intellectual property (IP), publications, payments, and budget, among others. |
| Master Research Agreement Template (MRA) | A Master Research Agreement (MRA) is an agreement that provides the terms and conditions that will govern multiple projects between a single sponsor and another party (FAU) that will take place over an extended period of time. A Master Research Agreement utilizes a funding mechanism such as a Task Order in establishing a single project that will be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the MRA. The specific project details (i.e., the scope of work) will be identified in the Task Order. |
| Collaborative Unfunded Agreements | |
| Non-binding MOU for Collaborative Research and Education | A Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, is a non-binding agreement that formalizes a relationship between the parties by outlining each party's intention to engage in an endeavor of mutual interest. As used by FAU, an MOU is synonymous with a Letter of Intent. |
| Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) | A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is an agreement that establishes obligations of confidentiality as to certain information and/or materials that are shared over the course of the contractual relationship. An NDA may be mutual where both or all parties to the agreement intend to disclose confidential information and/or material to the other(s), or an NDA may be unilateral where only one party to the NDA will furnish confidential information to the other(s). An NDA may also be referred to as a confidentiality agreement. |
| Non-Collaborative Unfunded Agreements | |
| Material Transfer Agreement - Biological Materials (MTA) | A Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) is an agreement that is used to regulate the transfer and subsequent use of various tangible research materials (e.g., biological materials, chemicals) between organizations. As a recipient's use of the tangible research materials is independent of the provider, an MTA defines the rights and obligations of the provider and the recipient with respect to permissible uses, intellectual property, and liability. (FAU utilizes template MTAs that are modeled after those published by AUTM, which were originally drafted by a committee comprised of representatives from the National Institutes of Health, as well as universities, and research hospitals. Currently, there are over 800 universities, centers, and research hospitals that have adopted the template MTAs as the mechanism to transfer research materials.) |
| Data Use Agreement (DUA) * |
A Data Use Agreement (DUA) is an agreement that authorizes the access to or the transfer of data from one party to another for a specific use and for a specific period of time. The applicable regulation(s) that will govern the maintenance and use of data will depend on the type of data that is made accessible or transferred under the DUA (e.g., Protected Health Information, limited data set, de-identified data). (FAU utilizes the DUA templates established by the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), which were drafted in cooperation between various federal funding agencies, universities, and research hospitals, among other participants. The FDP is the primary source of template Data Use Agreements among non-profit research organizations in the U.S.)
* Note: Individuals should connect with their respective research administration team to determine whether a Data Use Agreement (DUA) is appropriate. In most instances, DUAs are not used to support a collaboration beyond the sharing of info/data. Instead, when two or more parties are engaging with one another on a project, the terms of the sponsored research agreement or subcontract would facilitate the transfer of data while simultaneously addressing other necessary aspects of the collaboration. |