Contract Negotiations
Sponsored agreements and other agreement types are handled by different centralized offices depending on sponsor and activity types.
Funding Agreement Summary
Responsible Office - OSP
Proposals
- All Proposals (OSP will consult with OCR and OTM as needed)
Awards
- All awards with:
- Federal
- State
- Non- Profit/Foundation
Contact Office of Sponsored Programs
Responsible Office - OCR
Awards
- Industry Contracts: Clinical Studies
- Clinical Research Awards that require use of:
- Epic
- Patient Portal
- OnCore
Other Types of Agreements or Arrangements
- Data Use Agreements (PHI)
- Clinical Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA)
- Clinical Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
- *Non-clinical should go to PrivacyandCompliance@umassmed.edu
*Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements
Contact Office of Clinical Research
Responsible Office - OTM
Awards
- Industry Contracts (SRA's)
- OTM will forward to OSP
- OSP will consult with OTM for atypical IP Language on above Awards
Other Types of Agreements or Arrangements
- Fee for Service (non-grant)
- Data Use (non-PHI)
- Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
Contact Office of Technology Management
Clinical Study Agreements
The Clinical Research Administrators of Human Research Protection Program review and negotiate clinical study agreements.
Sponsored Research Agreements
The Office of Technology Management (OTM) reviews and negotiates specific research agreements involving licensing and intellectual property. Proposals and budgets for industrially sponsored research are reviewed by OSP and OTM in advance of submission to the company.
Please submit the following documents to the Grants & Contracts office for review:
- a completed and fully signed Routing Form;
- a detailed internal budget worksheet;
- a completed and signed Conflict of Interest Disclosure Summary