Material Transfer Agreements and Open Science in the Genome Era

在基因组时代，研究范式正在迅速变化。开放获取数据库越来越受欢迎，并被公共资助机构所要求。材料转让协议（MTA）在这个开放获取时代的作用尚不明确。该项目旨在评估多边贸易协定在多大程度上促进了澳大利亚和国际组织之间的生物材料交流。该项目将评估多边贸易协定是反映开放数据存取运动，还是维持传统的封闭式专有做法。该项目将为发展多边贸易协定提出政策、伦理和法律的建议，以促进国家和国际的材料交流，并促进发展合作研究文化。

Research paradigms are changing rapidly in the Genome Era. Open access databases are increasingly popular and are required by public funding agencies. The role of material transfer agreements (MTAs) in this open access era is not clear. This project aims to assess the extent to which MTAs facilitate exchanges of biological materials between organisation in Australia and internationally. The project will assess whether MTAs are reflecting the open data access movement or maintaining traditional closed proprietary practices. The project will make policy, ethical and legal recommendations for the development of MTAs to promote exchange of materials nationally and internationally and to facilitate the developing collaborative research culture.