UT SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM A

STANDARD RESEARCH AGREEMENT

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee):

We request your administrative approval of the above-referenced agreement.

Description of project follows, to include:

1. Title of Project:
2. Principal Investigator(s):
3. Description of Project:
4. Amount of Sponsorship:
5. Term of Agreement:

The agreement is a standard research agreement in the form approved by the Office of General Counsel.

 

Sincerely,

________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

 

APPROVED

By: _____________________________
President (or Designee)

Date: ___________________________

Attachments:
1) Copy of agreement
2) All attachments to agreement

UT SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM B

STANDARD RESEARCH AGREEMENT
WITH NON-SUBSTANTIVE MODIFICATIONS

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee):

We request your administrative approval of the above-referenced agreement.

The agreement is a standard research agreement with non-substantive modifications as follows:

1.
2.
3.

This agreement has been reviewed at the institutional level and the modifications to this agreement do not, in my judgment, render the agreement non-conforming to the UT System Intellectual Property Policy or Guidelines concerning research agreements or necessitate further review by the Office of General Counsel.

The agreement is a standard research agreement in the form approved by the Office of General Counsel.

Sincerely,

________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

 

APPROVED

By: _____________________________
President (or Designee)

Date: ___________________________

Attachments:
1) Copy of agreement
2) All attachments to agreement

UT SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM C

COMPANY UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee):

We request your administrative approval of the above-referenced agreement.

Description of project follows, to include:

1. Title of Project:
2. Principal Investigator(s):
3. Description of Project:
4. Amount of Sponsorship:
5. Term of Agreement:

The agreement is a current company universal agreement approved by the Office of General Counsel.

 

Sincerely,

__________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

UT SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM D

COMPANY UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT WITH NON-SUBSTANTIVE MODIFICATIONS

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee)

We request your administrative approval of the above-referenced agreement.

The agreement is a company universal agreement approved by the Office of General Counsel with non-substantive modifications as follows:

1.
2.
3.

This agreement has been reviewed at the institutional level and the modifications to this agreement do not, in my judgment, render the agreement non-conforming to the UT System Intellectual Property Policy or Guidelines concerning research agreements or necessitate further review by the Office of General Counsel.

Sincerely,

___________________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

 

UT SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM E

RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
RESEARCH AGREEMENT (CONTINUING THE SAME OR RELATED RESEARCH)

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee):

We request your administrative approval of the above-referenced agreement. Description of project follows, to include:

1. Title of Project:
2. Principal Investigator(s):
3. Description of Project:
4. Amount of Sponsorship:
5. Term of Agreement:

The agreement is a renewal or extension of a research agreement executed on [ ].

Sincerely,

________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

U. T. SYSTEM RESEARCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL FORM F

CONFORMING AGREEMENT

Date: __________________

Institution: ______________

Name of Institution's President (or Approved Designee)
Title
Name of Instituion
Address of Institution
City, Texas Zip Code

RE: Agreement with ( ) - ( ) Investigator

Dear President ___________ (or Approved Designee):

Please review the attached proposed research (or clinical study) agreement.

The proposed agreement has been reviewed at the institutional level. Intellectual property provisions of the agreement, if any, are confined to rights to inventions arising from performance of the agreement and conform to the UT System Intellectual Property Policy and Guidelines concerning 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.
• indemnification is not required because the sponsor has neither furnished nor required the use of materials, processes, or procedures.
  

Sincerely,

________________________
Contract Administrator's Name

UT SYSTEM NON-CONFORMING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FORM G

Prior to execution of the non-conforming agreement, forward a completed Form G, with a copy of the agreement attached, to your institution's President (or an approved designee) for approval and execution pursuant to the Regents’ Rules. The Form G is set forth below:

UT SYSTEM NON-CONFORMING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FORM G

____

 Subject: [INSERT NAME OF AGREEMENT] with [INSERT NAME OF COMPANY] – [INSERT NAME OF INVESTIGATOR], Investigator

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.

The proposed agreement has been reviewed at the institutional level and the deviations from the U.T. System Intellectual Property Policy or Guidelines concerning this agreement are as follows: [LIST ALL DEVIATIONS]

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

[ETC.]

Explanations that may be helpful to the resolution of any outstanding issues related to the agreement (if any) are as follows: [DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE]

The individual(s) we have worked with at the sponsoring company are [INSERT NAMES]. The Office of General Counsel has not participated in negotiations to bring the agreement into conformance with the U.T. System Intellectual Property Policy and Guidelines.

Further considerations are as follows: [LIST ALL SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AND/OR ISSUES WORTH NOTING] [DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE]

1. ___________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________[ETC.]

In view of the criteria specified for agreements that do not conform to the U.T. System Intellectual Property Policy and Guidelines:

It is my opinion that the benefits from the level of funding for the proposed research and/or other consideration from the sponsor outweigh any potential disadvantage that may result from deviation(s) to the U.T. System Intellectual Property Policy or Guidelines.

Sincerely,

_________________________________________

[CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR’S NAME

AND TITLE]

AGREED AND APPROVED:

By:_______________________________________

President of [INSERT NAME OF INSTITUTION]

[OR APPROVED DESIGNEE]

[IF DESIGNEE, INCLUDE TITLE]

Print Name:________________________________

Date:_____________________________________

Attachments:

1) Copy of agreement

2) All attachments to agreement

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Last updated: September 5, 2006