A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) governs the terms and conditions under which a Provider (a non-profit University, Research Institute or agency, or a for-profit entity such as a foreign or domestic pharmaceutical company) will make scientific or data materials available to an outside party.

A Material Transfer Agreement will contain definitions such as “materials” or “unmodified derivatives”, conditions for review of data and publications, and indemnification and warranty language.

In order to get started, you as the Principal Investigator (PI) must:

• Register (only if this is your first time receiving materials) with the Industry Alliance Office (IAO) by completing the registration form here.
  • The Principal Investigators and their Administrative Assistant must sign a completed MTA Registration Form and return it to the IAO.
  • Afterwards, either the PI or the registered Assistant can submit an MTA Request Form electronically without it having to be signed.




• After completing the registration or to submit an MTA, you must complete the MTA Request Form available for download in either [Word] or [PDF] format.
  
  • The MTA Request Form provides a list of materials being requested and a project description.

For a full explanation on how to complete the Registration and MTA Request Forms, please visit our processes page.

If you need to send materials to another researcher please read about outgoing MTAs.

For further questions, please contact us.