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External Funding Support

Support services for external grant proposals facilitate the preparation of high-quality funding proposals.

Proposal Preparation

  • Research and Sponsored Programs staff contacts by department, center, or institute.
  • Proposal submission policy
  • Institutional Identifiers
    • These identifiers are commonly requested on external funding applications.
  • Internal budget template
    • The link below provides access to the Google Shared Drive Internal Budget Templates folder.
      • Access will require login using Miami University credentials (UniqueID and password)
      • The Internal Budget Template must be downloaded and edited in Excel. Do not edit in Google Sheets.
    • Research and Sponsored Programs staff are available to provide guidance on budget development.
    • Use the internal budget template for preparing your proposal budget.
    • Proposed budgets require approval by Research and Sponsored Programs staff at least 5 days before proposal submission. 
  • Budget resources
    • These resources are commonly used for assembling budgets.
  • Proposal development resources
    • Templates can be used as a guide when preparing a proposal. Be sure to check the guidelines for your specific proposal solicitation.
    • Boilerplate language should be adapted for your situation.

Services

IP and Technology Transfer

Miami utilizes a Cayuse module for managing all intellectual property matters including invention disclosures, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), material transfer agreements (MTAs), and data use agreements (DUAs). Requests for any of the following are to be made through the Cayuse module.

Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)

A Material Transfer Agreement is a contract that governs the transfer of tangible research materials between two organizations, when the recipient intends to use it for his or her own research purposes. The MTA defines the rights of the provider and the recipient with respect to the materials and any derivatives. Miami University requires MTAs for any incoming or outgoing materials in order to monitor what materials are coming on campus, and what materials (and to whom) MU is supplying. Faculty members coming to or leaving MU need to have an MTA in place prior to transferring any materials from/to other institutions such as plasmids, cell lines, animals, etc. An Implementing Letter is executed, which denotes the biological material as well as the providing institution and receiving institution.

An incoming MTA protects a researcher's ability to use and publish research, any existing and potential intellectual property and define the use of any accompanying confidential information. The review of an incoming MTA ensures the agreement terms don't conflict with rights granted in other agreements associated with the research.

MTAs for outgoing material typically prevent the material provider from losing control over the material and its research use. If no agreement exists, then the recipient of the material has no legal restrictions on the use of the material, or on transferring the material.

MTAs (incoming and outgoing) must undergo a compliance review to ensure that the appropriate compliance protocols are in place for:

  • Live animals - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
  • Human tissue and/or data - Compliance with 45 CFR 46 (and all other applicable federal regulations), and, if required, have protocol(s) reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
  • Hazardous materials - Biosafety compliance and, if applicable, have protocol(s) reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
  • Conflict of Interest (COI) – Review needed where the decision to undertake the research is based on receiving access to the material(s) from a non-governmental or industrial provider must follow Committee requirements for financial disclosure.

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