Model Organisms and Related Research Resources Sharing Plan
Dartmouth shall share model organisms and related research resources, in
accordance with the NIH Grant Policy on Sharing of Unique Research Resources
including the Sharing of Biomedical Research Resources Principles and
Guidelines for Recipients of NIH Grants and Contracts issued in December, 1999
(http://www.ott.nih.gov/policy/rt_guide_final.html),
with the research community, pending third parties rights, via Material
Transfer Agreements (MTAs) generated and monitored by Dartmouth's Technology
Transfer Office. Such MTAs will be made with no more restrictive terms than in
the Simple Letter Agreement (SLA) to non-profit institutions or the Uniform
Biological Materials Transfer Agreement (UBMTA) to for-profit ones.
Sharing Plan for Research Data, Tools, Model Organisms and Research Related
Resources
A sharing plan must be submitted when a proposal is seeking $500,000 or
more in direct costs in any year, or requested in a specific funding
opportunity announcement.
Please use the following language.
A. Tools (data, assays, libraries, research tools, reagents, model
organisms, etc.) will be made available, in accordance with the 1999 Principles
and Guidelines for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contracts on Obtaining
and Disseminating Biomedical Research Resources (http://www.nih.gov/od/ott/RTguide_final.htm),
to all researchers in both the private and public sector free or for a nominal
charge and with minimal restriction. In some cases the Trustees of Dartmouth
College (the institution) may determine that the public and the research
community are better served by a licensing program whether or not patents have
been filed. This may be relevant, for example, if a tool is best distributed
under license to guarantee reagent availability and quality.
B. So that the entire research community can benefit from the tools,
reagents, data and model organisms generated by the institution, pending third
parties rights, the institution will transfer materials to outside researchers
under a Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) generated and monitored by
Dartmouth’s Technology Transfer Office. Such MTAs will be made with no more
restrictive terms than the Simple Letter Agreement (SLA) to non-profit
institutions or the Uniform Biological MaterialsTransfer Agreement (UMBTA) to
for-profit ones.
C. Generally, the MTA will also include a requirement that new data
developed by recipients of the tool become a part of publicly available
data.
D. As a means of sharing knowledge, NIH encourages grantees to arrange for
publication of NIH-supported original research in primary scientific journals.
Awardees therefore will strive to publish their findings in a timely manner and
acknowledge that the research was supported by the NIH. Brief delays in
publication may be appropriate to permit the filing of patent applications and
to ensure that confidential information obtained from industrial collaborator
is not inadvertently disclosed. However excessive publication delays,
requirements for editorial control or withholding of data undermine the
credibility of research results and would be unacceptable to the
institution.
Also, NIH provides useful guidance for developing sharing plans (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/policy/model_organism/index.htm).
If you wish to make changes to the above language, please contact
Sponsored Projects.
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