Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) -- also referred to as Confidentiality Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, or Propriety Information Exchange Agreements (PIEA) -- are binding contracts to safeguard the release or exchange of confidential information.

Data Use Agreements (DUAs) are contractual documents used for the transfer of non-public data that is subject to some restriction on its use. Broadly speaking, DUAs can be either Incoming (UI receives data from an outside entity) or Outgoing (data housed at UI or are collected by a UI student, staff, or faculty member is shared with an outside entity) or Mutual or Multi-Party data sharing projects (Incoming and Outgoing).  Visit this page to learn more about Data Transfer and Use Agreements, including when one should be used and which office to contact.

Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) are contracts that govern the transfer of tangible research materials, including animals for research. MTAs protect the rights of both the recipient and the provider of their ownership rights of the materials.
 

• Incoming Material Transfer Agreements (IMTAs) should be used for the non-monetary transfer of requested materials to the University of Iowa to conduct research. IMTAs can also facilitate the transfer of a future faculty member's materials to the UI.
  IMTA form should be selected when the UI is receiving materials obtained or derived from a human subject (saliva, tissue samples) PLUS the corresponding data for the samples.
• Outgoing Material Transfer Agreements (OMTAs) should be used for the non-monetary transfer of requested materials to external institutions or entities to conduct research. OMTAs can also facilitate the transfer of an existing faculty member's materials to their new institution. If the requested materials are to be sent to a for-profit institution and/or are associated with an intellectual property recorded with the University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF), a license agreement may be required.
  OMTA form should be selected when the UI is sending out materials obtained or derived from a human subject (saliva, tissue samples) PLUS the corresponding data for the samples.

Master Agreements (MAs) are contracts that typically contain a template that applies to the University of Iowa as a whole and may permit additional UI researchers to access the information, materials or data repository pending a supplemental application process or implementation letter.

Other- This option is if no other agreement choice above describes the agreement to be reviewed. DSP may need to return the form to you for edits and it will need to go through workflow approvals again if this is not the appropriate selection.

Fee for Service/Unit-based Agreements

Visit this page to review the information regarding the determining factors of service work. Sometimes UI researchers or departments are requested to perform work for an external sponsor that may not be research but rather falls into the category of ‘fee for service’ work.

Research collaboration agreements

• Incoming subawards under federal awards
• Research projects

Non-Research agreements utilizing UI personnel or facilities

Consulting agreements utilizing UI personnel or facilities

Clinical Trial Contracts

• Corporate/industry funded
• Federally funded
• Private foundation funded 

The University of Iowa (UI) has adopted standard agreement formats for various situations.  These model agreements reflect UI policies, State regulations and guidelines as required and broadly accepted for public research institutions in the United States. 

For information regarding the types of research related to agreements, as well as the appropriate office to negotiate/approve, click on this table.

Please see the University's contract guidelines for additional information regarding research contracts.

Please contact DSP to discuss your project to determine the most appropriate agreement. 

Research Agreements

• UI Model Sponsored Research Agreement

Corporate Funded Clinical Trials

• Accelerated Clinical Trial Agreement (ACTA Model Agreement)
• Other versions of Accelerated Clinical Trial Agreement (ACTA) Model Agreements
• UI Clinical Trial Model Contract

Services Agreement (Price per item/test)

• UI Model Testing Agreement 

Non-Monetary 

• UI Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
• Model Unilateral Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA)
• Accelerated Confidential Disclosure Agreement (ACDA Model Agreement) [Note: only for industry-sponsored clinical trials]
• Uniform Biological Materials Transfer Agreement (UBMTA) (The University of Iowa is a signatory to the UBMTA)

Master Confidential Disclosure and Clinical Trial Agreements (Industry-funded)

The University of Iowa has a master confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) and/or a master clinical trial agreement (CTA) with several different contracting parties that are associated with industry funded clinical trials. A list of those master CDAs and master CTAs is available by logging into this website. DSP encourages the use of master CDAs and master CTAs when possible. Using a master CDA or master CTA typically shortens contract negotiation time because it allows for a relatively basic protocol-specific agreement to fall under the already negotiated more complex master agreement.

Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)

The University of Iowa is a member institution of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) and part of the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse. We support its mission to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research and foster collaboration to enhance the national research enterprise while maintaining high standards of stewardship and accountability. The University of Iowa utilizes FDP templates to share data for research between research institutions and hospitals. Using a FDP template typically shortens contract negotiation time to fall under the already negotiated template.