Other Research Agreements
Find information about other research agreements and who to contact.
Incoming Service Agreements
When UC San Diego is being paid by another entity to provide services (not involving research).
For more information go to OCGA's Incoming Service Agreements page.
Contact: researchadmin@ucsd.edu
Outgoing Service Agreement
When UC San Diego is paying another entity to provide goods or services (not involving research).
These are handled by IPPS via Oracle
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
All MTAs are routed through the eMTA system.
OCGA’s MTA team is responsible for negotiating MTA terms for transfers with:
- Materials coming into UCSD which do not include payment terms
- All human, blood and tissue being sent out from UCSD
For more information go to OCGA's Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) About page.
Contact: MTAHelpDesk@ucsd.edu; (858) 246-3682
Outgoing Multi Campus Awards (MCAs)
Basically, an Outgoing Multi Campus Award is an outgoing subaward to another UC campus. This agreement is used when UC San Diego needs to send funding to another campus to conduct part of a research project.
For more information go to OCGA's Multi Campus Awards (MCAs) page.
Contact: researchadmin@ucsd.edu
Incoming MCAs
When UC San Diego needs to be paid for its portion of a research project being conducted at another UC campus (Prime Awardee).
These are handled at OCGA as standard Sponsored Research Agreements.
Outgoing Subawards
An outgoing research agreement for funding from UC San Diego to a collaborator where an intellectually significant part of the research will be conducted by the collaborator (Subrecipient).
For more information go to OCGA's Outgoing Subawards page.
Contact: researchadmin@ucsd.edu
Incoming Subawards
An outgoing research agreement for funding from a collaborator to UC San Diego where an “intellectually significant” part of the research will be conducted here at UC San Diego.
These are handled at OCGA as standard Sponsored Research Agreements.
Unfunded Agreements
An agreement where no funding is being exchanged, that is related to a prior, ongoing, or future research project.
Some examples include:
- Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA/NDA)
- Data Use Agreement (DUA)
- Equipment Loan Agreement (ELA)
- Software Licensing Agreement (SLA)
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- Teaming Agreement (TA)
- Unfunded Collaboration Agreement (UCA)
For more information go to OCGA's Unfunded Agreements page.
Contact: researchadmin@ucsd.edu