MIAs & Contracts

MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTING 

The Research Contracting Working Group, (a working group of the ARMS Research Directors Special Interest Group) was established with the overarching aim to improve the efficacy of undertaking business within the sector. The establishment of the Contracting Working Group coincided with work the Australian Federal Government was undertaking to improve University – Industry contracting.  Through active feedback from key Corporate members across the sector, the Contracting Working Group has undertaken a series of initiatives aimed at addressing key impediments in conducting inter-institutional contracting, which include: 

·       Streamlining Research Head Agreements and consequential MIAs, and 

·       Developing new template agreements that could be adopted by the sector. 

Below are a series of MIAs which are being adopted across the sector and available to ARMS members and the broader community. 

The Contracting Working Group has also developed a set of principles and approaches to contracting.  Feedback on the content of  the ARMS Good Practice Guide is welcomed - See below for full details. 

CONTRACTING WORKING GROUP MEMBERS 

We thank the members of the Contracting Working Group for generously volunteering their time to support improved University-Industry Contracting. 

• Mark Kay - University of Sydney (Working Group Lead) 
• Christine Joannides, - Australian Research Council 
• Camilla Liddy - University of South Australia 
• Libby Mangan – University of New England 
• Dave McHugh - Australian Research Council 
• Leah McKenzie - Australian Research Council 
• Ross McLennan - Macquarie University
• Helen Partridge - Monash University 
• Arvind.Reddy - The University of Canberra 
• Douglas Robertson, Consultant - formerly ANU

Frank Anastasopoulos (UoM) and Connie Killey (Deakin) came as invited participants from the Post-Award Management SIG.

MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS