Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement (UBMTA)
On March 8, 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on behalf of the Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published the final version of the Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement (UBMTA). For institutions which have signed the UBMTA Master Agreement, materials can be transferred under the terms of the UBMTA upon execution of an Implementing Letter for the particular transfer.
The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) (http://www.autm.net/) agreed with NIH that, as a matter of convenience, AUTM would serve as the repository for the signed UBMTA Master Agreements from those institutions wishing to use the UBMTA for some or all of their exchanges of biological materials. AUTM archives the signed Master Agreements in the original form received and will periodically post a listing including: the name of the institution, the name and title of the official signatory, and the date the Master Agreement was signed. If any institution subsequently decides to withdraw its acceptance of the Master Agreement, AUTM adds the date the institution withdrew its approval. Each institution relying on the AUTM listing does so at its own risk.
Note that use by signatories of the UBMTA is not compulsory.
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