Initiation Forms and Model Agreements
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The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) reviews new inventions and facilitates negotiation of research agreements. In this section, you will find the forms used to initiate an invention disclosure or agreement review as well as template agreements.
Invention Disclosure
The first step on reporting a discovery is to contact our office at TTO@cdc.gov. TTO will help researchers work through the process of formally reporting a technology with an Employee Discovery and Invention Report (EIR) form.
Agreement Review
A technology transfer initiation form is used to initiate the review of a new agreement or contract. To begin an agreement request, complete the initiation form and submit it by email to TTD@cdc.gov.
Template Research Collaboration Agreements
The TTO handles a variety of research contracts and each agreement will be tailored to the project described in the initiation form. The following section describes the types of agreements our office reviews and provides model templates.
Confidentiality Agreements
A confidentiality agreement is used to ensure that a party receiving proprietary information (for example, unpublished data or know-how) will keep the information confidential for a certain period of time.
- Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) – Mutual
- Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) – CDC Recipient
- Non-Disclosure Data Agreement (NDDA)
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
A MTA is used to formalize the transfer of materials between a provider and recipient, generally for non-commercial research purposes.
- Material Transfer Agreement – CDC Provider
- Material Transfer Agreement – CDC Recipient
- Material Transfer Agreement – CDC Provider – Controlled Materials
Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA)
A RCA is used when the parties are interested in collaborating on a joint project, as embodied in a research plan, and in transferring materials or confidential data (or both) between the parties as described in an attached research plan.
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
A CRADA is used for collaborative research agreements that give the collaborator an option to license rights to discoveries that CDC scientists make under the CRADA’s research plan.
A Materials CRADA is used for research with a collaborator which provides proprietary material, giving the collaborator an option to license rights to discoveries that CDC scientists make under the CRADA’s research plan.
Template License Agreements
Non-Exclusive Patent License Agreement
License in which the rights to intellectual property are granted to several licensees.
Non-Exclusive Patent License Agreement for Internal Research Use
License in which the rights to intellectual property are granted to several licensees, but is restricted for internal research use only.
Exclusive Patent License Agreement
License in which the rights to intellectual property are limited in the specific scope or field and will not be granted to other parties.
Biological Material License Agreement - Internal Research & Development
Licensee wishes to obtain a worldwide, non-exclusive license to make, have made, use, but not sell "patentable" materials, in a particular field of use, in its commercial research or product development, and in marketing activities.
Biological Material License Agreement - Commercial Development
Licensee wishes to obtain a worldwide, non-exclusive license to make, have made, use and sell "patentable" materials, in a particular field of use, in its commercial research or product development, and in marketing activities.
- Page last reviewed: January 3, 2017
- Page last updated: October 14, 2016
- Content source:
- Office of the Associate Director for Science