The OpenMTA is a Material Transfer Agreement designed to support openness, sharing, and innovation in biology and biotechnology. Material Transfer Agreements provide the legal frameworks within which research organizations define the terms and conditions for sharing their materials - everything from DNA molecules to plant seeds to patient samples.
Use of the OpenMTA allows redistribution and commercial use of materials, while respecting rights of creators and promoting safe practices. It promotes access for researchers and individuals working in less privileged institutions and world regions. The new standardized framework also eases the administrative burden for technology transfer offices, negating the need to negotiate unique terms for individual transfers of widely-used material.
We invite you to become a signatory, and to encourage the research organization, company, or community lab in which you work to become a signatory, to the OpenMTA Master Agreement. Please visit https://biobricks.org/openmta to learn more and sign on today. | |
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