Research Contracts

There are many offices working together to support timely execution of research contracts and agreements including Office of Innovation Commercialization, Sponsored Program Administration, Office of Advancement, and Purchasing. Each has their own routing process. A clearly defined set of pathways is laid out in the Contract and Agreement Routing Checklist for the following types of contract/agreements. If none of the questions below apply, your agreement will be reviewed by the Contract Routing & Triage Committee.

Many of these standard agreements may be found by searching "templates" in Tools for Researchers.

Contract/Agreement	Responsible Office	Email for information
Purchasing Agreement	Purchasing Department	gwoodlief@augusta.edu
Service Agreement	Purchasing Department	gwoodlief@augusta.edu
Donor Agreement	Office of Advancement	advancement@augusta.edu
Confidentiality Agreement (CDA)	Office of Innovation Commercialization	cda@augusta.edu
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)	Office of Innovation Commercialization	cda@augusta.edu
Data Use Agreement	Office of Innovation Commercialization	DUA@augusta.edu
Material Transfer Agreement	Office of Innovation Commercialization	MTA@augusta.edu
Master Research Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Master Clinical Trial Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Clinical Trial Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Basic Science Contract or Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Laboratory Contract or Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Collaborative Research Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Animal Research Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu
Beta Test Agreement	Sponsored Program Administration	spacontracts@augusta.edu

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If your agreement includes any of the following, please submit to Sponsored Program Administration at spacontracts@augusta.edu:

Commitment of the university through faculty, postdoc, or staff member (not student) to scientific or scholarly inquiry, typically documented by a research plan or statement of work
Includes any language noting that Material will be transferred to AU, to AU faculty, staff, or students
Requires that any research compliance office be required to provide services to support the oversight of the agreement (Includes AU Research Compliance Offices include Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Radiation Safety Committee, Chemical Safety Committee, Biosafety Committee, and Conflict of Interest Committee)
Requires a detailed financial report or specific deliverables (i.e. line item budget detail, percentages of effort, etc. and not just a request for a summary report of expenditures)
Terms and Conditions for the disposition of tangible property such as data, equipment, records, technical reports, theses, dissertations, or other deliverables
Any license language for any invention, product, material, device, or intellectual property
Request for ownership of intellectual property such as licenses, copyrights, royalties, etc.
Compensation or financial support for medical residents
Funding to specifically support a self-funded medical residency position

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