U. T. SYSTEM CLINICAL TRIAL, MTA & LAB STUDY
TRANSMITTAL FORM Q

STANDARDIZED CLAUSES CONFORMING TO
U. T. SYSTEM CHECKLIST REQUIREMENTS

Date: __________________

Name of Institution's President or [insert name] ofApproved Designee.
Title
Name of Institution
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: [Insert name of Agreement] with [insert name(s) of other party or parties] "Agreement"

Investigator: [insert name of Investigator]

Dear President ___________ [or insert name, and title if applicable, of Approved Designee]:

Please review the above-referenced proposed Agreement, attached for your convenience.

The proposed Agreement has been reviewed at the institutional level. Confidentiality, publication, and indemnification clauses are standardized in accordance with Office of General Counsel checklist requirements. Intellectual property provisions of the Agreement, are confined to rights to inventions arising from performance of the Agreement and conform to the U.T. System Intellectual Property Policy and Guidelines concerning sponsored research agreements.

In my judgment, [CHECK ONE OF THE TWO BELOW]

• no intellectual property is anticipated to result from performance of the project.
• intellectual property may be anticipated to result from performance of the project.

With regard to indemnification provisions, [CHECK ONE OF THE THREE BELOW]

• indemnification language is the standard indemnification language approved by the Office of General Counsel.
• indemnification language, though not the standard indemnification language approved by the Office of General Counsel, is nevertheless within the guidelines of the Regents’ Rules.
• no indemnification is required because the sponsor has neither furnished nor required the use of materials, processes, or procedures.
  
  

  Sincerely,

  ______________________

  [Insert Contract Administrator's name] [Insert title]

Attachments:

1) Copy of Agreement
[If any attachments, insert "2) All attachments to Agreement "

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Last updated: February 12, 2007