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Transfer of Materials
In order to enhance campus research and increase research collaboration with industry, non-profit, and other academic institutions, UCR encourages the transfer of materials to and from our campus. Examples of the type of material requested for transfer include, but are not limited to, biological (from DNA to live animals), non-biological, chemical compounds, data contained in databases, and software codes.
UCR's Office of Research and Economic Development (RED) is here to help facilitate the transfer of materials in support of research and formal research collaborations. RED reviews and approves material transfer agreements (MTAs) for both the transfer of materials requested by a UCR faculty member from another party (incoming material) as well as requests from another party for the transfer of materials created by, or in the possession of, a UCR faculty member (outgoing material). It is important to realize that MTAs are legally binding contracts. The University and faculty are obliged to live up to the provisions contained therein. Our goal is to ensure that MTAs reviewed and executed by RED do not restrict academic freedom nor hinder future research while protecting potential inventions and intellectual property for University faculty.
Please do not sign a MTA yourself. Material transfer officials in The Research and Economic Development Office are the only authorized signatories to sign such agreements on behalf of the university.
Getting Started
To get started, and to provide you with timely service, please complete and submit a material transfer request via the MTA On-Line Material Transfer Request System. Such request system can be accessed at https://mta.ucr.edu or by clicking 'Material Transfer Request System' via the PAMIS (Proposal and Award Management Information System) Portal from the Authorized Applications section in R'Space.
Note: Authorization to this system is based upon existing eCAF roles established within the Enterprise Access Control System (EACS). Should a PI desire to have a post-doc or student in his/her lab assist in preparing the Material Transfer application, the SAA of the PI's department will first need to assign such post-doc or student with the' MTA Initiator' role within EACS. For further details on material transfers and utilizing the request system, please review the Understanding Material Transfers and the Routing and Roles sections of the MTA On-Line Material Transfer Request Application website located at https://research.ucr.edu/spa/mta-overview.
If you are submitting a request for incoming materials and already received a MTA from the provider of the materials, please upload a copy via the Attachments tab in the request system or e-mail a copy of that MTA to mta@ucr.edu for review and signature.
If you are submitting a request to outgoing materials, RED will provide UCR’s MTA to the recipient organization.
Contact Us
Please contact mta@ucr.edu for assistance and/or questions involving the transfer of materials (whether incoming or outgoing).