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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has updated the Corporate Research Agreement (CRA) form in MyFunding. This form is only required to be completed for
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.osp.pitt.edu/osp-teams/clinical-corporate-contract-services/negotiations/corporate-funded-agreements-cras" id="OWA0eee8f8a-f878-bb1a-bfcf-4174ca55e124" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">corporate-funded
projects</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> submitted through MyFunding that are processed by the OSP
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.osp.pitt.edu/osp-teams/clinical-corporate-contract-services" id="OWAb0a0125b-a020-e869-42ce-5a9202cf9a70" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">Clinical & Corporate Contracts
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The CRA form was updated to obtain clearer information about projects to ensure agreements are drafted correctly and to help expedite contract negotiations. Research administrators are advised to work closely with Principal Investigators (PIs) to complete the
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Who developed the research plan/protocol?</li></ul>
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Visitors: Will any non-Pitt employees, including company employees, be working in University facilities as part of the research?</li></ul>
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Third Party Funding: Will the research utilize funding from sources other than the company (including the Government)? This includes unrestricted gift funding and funding from another sponsored project.</li></ul>
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<b>Submitting a CRA Form</b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For any questions related to the PERIS™ project, using MyFunding, or to arrange training, please email
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or visit the </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="http://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/" id="OWAdb5721a3-4602-7bc7-0fa6-09757b549ba8" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">project
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