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Agreement Types

Agreement Type/Funding Mechanism
Business Associate Agreements	Information about management of Business Associate Agreement requests can be found here. If asked by a funder or collaborator to execute a Business Associate Agreement, contact: Commonwealth Medicine's Office of Compliance and Review (with a cc to James G. Healy, JD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Management) For guidance and assistance: Email: PrivacyandCompliance@umassmed.edu and James.Healy@umassmed.edu Telephone: 508-856-8326
Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)	UMCCTS Office of Clinical Research Execution of Certificates of Confidentiality is conducted by the Institutional Official and designee, the Organizational Official and is supported by the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS). If you are unsure if you require a Certificate of Confidentiality or require additional information, please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coc/index.htm Clinical Research Funding Agreements Please click here for Certificate of Confidentiality (updated 03/2019)
Confidential Disclosure Agreements	UMCCTS Office of Clinical Research CDA or NDA (non-disclosure agreements) for human subjects research
Clinical Research Agreements	UMCCTS Office of Clinical Research Industry-sponsored Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) Investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored clinical research agreements Federal flow down agreements from industry Inbound federal subcontracts in which UMMS was not part of the original proposal All other non-industry funded contracts in support of clinical research
Data Use Agreement (PHI/HIPAA)	UMCCTS Office of Clinical Research
Grants and awards	UMMS Office of Sponsored Programs Outbound federal subcontracts Inbound federal subcontracts where UMMS was part of the original proposal Industry-funded basic research and Non-industry funded awards requiring institutional Letter of support or commitment at time of application
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)	UMMS Office of Technology Management, with cc to clinicalresearch@umassmed.edu