Brown Bag: Material Transfer Agreements

Description

Join Johns Hopkins University Research Administration (JHURA) as Peter Sheppard, director of contracts and IP operations at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, provides an overview of material transfer agreements (MTAs), which govern the transfer of research materials into and out of Johns Hopkins.

MTAs are important for documenting any terms and conditions around the material.

Topics covered in this session will include:

• What is an MTA and why is it needed?
• Common terms and conditions that appear in MTAs, and how they implicate research and commercialization
• MTAs vs. collaboration agreements
• Getting an MTA done at Johns Hopkins, including best practices to ensure efficient processing