{"id":1390,"date":"2016-11-18T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T00:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/?page_id=1390"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:34:42","slug":"sharing-material","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/myresearch-lifecycle\/setup\/collaborations\/sharing-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are &#8220;Materials&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p>Materials include, but are not limited to, biological and related research materials such as cell lines, cultures, bacteria, nucleotides, proteins, transgenic animals, pharmaceuticals, or chemicals. A Material Transfer can also include the associated data.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange of research material requires a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). An MTA should be in place before materials are provided or received.<\/p>\n<p>MTAs are handled by either CoMotion or the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mta-quick-guide\">Material Transfer Quick Guide: OSP or CoMotion?<\/h2>\n<p>Watch this quick 1.5-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-9cGZaDVhe0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Flowchart<\/a> video or step through the <a href=\"#sharing-mta-q\">Sharing Material: Questions<\/a> to determine which central office should handle your MTA.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"sharing-mta-q\"><\/a>Sharing Material: Questions<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Providing or Purchasing Materials as a Service and NO Research Involved?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing a Service: review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/faq\/service-activity-who-do-i-contact\/\">Service Activity: Who do I contact?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Purchasing a Service: review Procurement Services: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.uw.edu\/ps\/how-to-buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Buy <\/a><\/li>\n<li>NOT providing or purchasing a service? Determine if it relates to an active or pending sponsored program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Material related to Active or Pending Sponsored Program? (Funded or Unfunded)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Material that is NOT related to an active or pending sponsored project: Review guidance from CoMotion: <a href=\"https:\/\/comotion.uw.edu\/what-we-do\/ip-advising-protection-and-licensing\/material-transfer-agreements-mta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Material Transfer Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Material that IS related to an active or pending Sponsored Program, is it Incoming Material ONLY?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Incoming Material ONLY?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>NO: Material is mutually shared (incoming and outgoing) or just outgoing and it is related to an active or pending sponsored project :\n<ul>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/comotion.uw.edu\/what-we-do\/ip-advising-protection-and-licensing\/material-transfer-agreements-mta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CoMotion: Material Transfer Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>YES: For incoming material ONLY that is related to an active or sponsored program:\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Prepare a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/faq\/naa-egc1-instructions\/\">Non-Award Agreement (NAA) eGC1<\/a> in SAGE and route to the Office of Sponsored Programs<\/li>\n<li>Attach draft MTA and indicate eGC1# of related sponsored program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MTA Flowchart<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Flowchart\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1025181684?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"accessibility-insights-root-container\">\n<div id=\"insights-shadow-host\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are &#8220;Materials&#8221;? 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