MTAShare login instructions with VU or VUMC SSO
Select the "Request an MTA" button above, click on "Log in with SSO", and then choose "Vanderbilt SSO" as the Authentication Option. VU faculty should log in via SSO using the VUNETID and VUMC faculty should log in using the VUMC email to access the MTAShare questionnaire. Please note that you don't need to create an MTAShare account to access MTAShare.
Material Transfer Agreements between VU and VUMC
Since Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Medical Center are now separate entities, there is a need to track what was previously considered “internal transfers” between researcher labs at VU and VUMC. Requestors should use MTAShare to request such an “internal” materials transfer, but the process is abbreviated, so these requests can be submitted in a minute or two - please see Instructions boxes above. The exception to using the abbreviated form request is for (i) transfers of human tissue and fluid samples and stem cells, (ii) transfers of materials that originated from or are derived from 3rd party materials, and (iii) materials subject to export control – these transfers will proceed through the normal request process, irrespective of whether the transfer is internal or external.
It is also worth remembering that if you have received material from an outside party under an MTA, there may be restrictions on transferring that material to a lab that is not your own, including the lab “down the hall” where the researchers are employed by the same entity as you (VU or VUMC). If so, your colleague’s lab may need to get its own MTA in place with the outside providing party, not from you. Please contact CTTC if you have any questions about MTAs.
Automating Material Transfer Agreements
In the spring of 2014, Vanderbilt University launched MTAShare, an automated system for managing and processing Material Transfer Agreements. In the spring of 2021, MTAShare was redesigned on a new platform to enable other academic institutions and non-profit research organizations to use the system. Watch the short video to the right and click here to see the benefits of this automated system and learn about future phases.
Is MTAShare available to other institutions?
MTAShare is now available to all academic and nonprofit institutions through license from Inteum, Inc.
The level of automation of MTAShare scales with the number of users, so more users of MTAShare benefits all users.