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Agreements at UNT are generally categorized as either funded or unfunded.

 

Funded Agreements
Involve financial support from a sponsor to conduct research or services. Request a Grants and Contracts Specialist to start the process.
Unfunded Agreements
Do not involve the exchange of money but are essential for collaboration, data sharing, or defining mutual expectations. To request an unfunded agreement, contact the Innovation and Commercialization Office at patents@unt.edu.

Overview of Specific Agreements

1. Funded
Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA)

Used when UNT faculty receive financial support from a sponsor to conduct research.

Research Service Agreement (RSA)

Used when UNT faculty perform testing, analysis, or evaluation services using their research expertise.

Subaward (Outgoing and Incoming)

Used when UNT (incoming subaward) or another organization (outgoing subaward) will carry out part of the project, originally funded to a prime recipient (Pass-Through Entity).

Subaward includes terms passed down from the original award. The original award is usually funded by the state or federal agency.

Research Advisory Agreement (RAA)

Used to allow UNT faculty to offer expert advice to external organizations without conducting experiments. 

Limited to $50,000 worth of work for the year.

Task Order or Work Order

Used for project-specific agreement under a Master Research Agreement. It activates funding and work for a particular research effort.

2. Unfunded
Master Research Agreement (MRA)

Used to set general terms for future research projects. Individual projects are added later through task or work orders. No funding is exchanged until a specific project is initiated.

Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA)

Used to cover the exchange of tangible research material (cells, chemicals, etc.). It defines ownership of the material and permitted use of the exchanged material.

Data Use Agreement (DUA)
Used to cover sharing of non-public datasets. It grants access to the datasets, defines its ownership, and permitted use.
Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA)
Used to allow parties to share sensitive information while setting boundaries on the purpose and use of the shared information.
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
Used to allow research collaboration between UNT and federal lab. Under this agreement, the federal lab can provide resources but not funding.
Memorandum of Understanding
Used to outline shared goals and the intent to collaborate between the parties.
Teaming Agreement
Used to outline the parties' intent to collaborate on a future project.
3. Other
Intellectual Property (IP) License Agreement

Used to grant permission to use UNT-owned intellectual property under specific conditions while UNT retains ownership.

Intragovernmental Personnel Act Assignments (IPA)

Used when UNT faculty are temporarily assigned to work at a federal agency.

Consortium Agreement
Used when multiple institutions collaborate on a project. Outlines each party's roles and responsibilities.