Marjorie:

Who is the Sponsor?  The for-profit entity (i.e., industry) or another
granting source such as NIH?

Kaaren

>Subject:  Lab Note Books
>
>I am interested to find out when you negotiate research agreements with
>a for-profit entity have you been requested to include language in the
>research agreement which provides that upon the request the Sponsor may
>receive copies of records and witnessed laboratory notebooks.  We usually
>agree to provide to the Sponsor reports of the results of the research,
>which usually means the analyzed results, but not raw data.  Have any of you
>out there receive a similar request and how do you respond?  Thanks for
>your help.
>Marjorie Forster
>Director, Office of Sponsored
>  Programs Administration
>University of Maryland at Baltimore
>xxxxxx@umab.bitnet
>
>
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