MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT STATEMENT Form

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[Music] welcome to two minute topic learning made short and simple hi errands are dudes in here from the office of contract and grant administration and I'm going to talk to you about mta's and why you need one a material transfer agreement or MTA is a legal contract that governs the transfer of tangible research materials between organizations for research purposes mts provide a mechanism to protect the interests of the owners of such materials while still promoting sharing of research tools in the research community through MTA s we are able to define rights of use to make sure there is protection against plans that may come up through the use of the material and help mitigate any obligations that might exist in third parties which could otherwise be breached by the act of the transfer of the material empty's also serve as a way to make sure transfers to and from our international partners are handled appropriately and provide a mechanism to document and manage any environmental heal