Background
While the University of Mississippi (UM) adheres to a principle of free and open publication, there are instances in which confidentiality is necessary and appropriate. UM’s policy, “Information Confidentiality/Security Plan” (ADM.IT.400.030), details the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards required to maintain confidentiality of information. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has established this procedure to describe the process used to protect confidential research information by the execution of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement between UM and a 3rd party.
Procedure
All UM employees who wish to discuss or otherwise exchange written or verbal confidential information related to research with a 3rd party should have such communications under the terms of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (a “CDA”, also known among other names as a Confidentiality Agreement, a Non-Disclosure Agreement, a NDA, a Secrecy Agreement, a Proprietary Information Agreement or a PIA). The CDA should be between the 3rd party and UM, not the 3rd party and a UM employee.
The University of Mississippi has transitioned the management of some agreements to our Office of Sponsored Research Administration.
Please see the following link to complete your request:
Sponsored Programs Action Notification (SPAN) Form.
Instructions for requesting NDAs and MTAs in the SPAN form.
Under the following fields please select:
- Sponsored Programs Action Type
- Select: Other Sponsored Program Action
- Is this a grant, contract, or other agreement?
- Select: Contract or Other Agreement
- Type of Contract or Other Agreement
- Select: Nondisclosure Agreement or
- Select: Material Transfer Agreement or
- Select: Material Transfer Research Agreement
- File Upload
- If you have been sent a draft agreement, please submit the document here
- Sponsored Research Administrator
- Select: Norman Morris