Clinical Trial Agreement Process

General Processing Info

CTAs are processed through RAMP, and must be uploaded to the RAMP Agreements Module to create an AGR record.  The ancillary reviews required are:

  • SMPH division budget approval  
  • The Department chair or delegate
  • SMPH Research Division  

A Funding Proposal in RAMP should be created at the same time to ensure that the budget negotiations can proceed along with the contract negotiations.  RSP, in collaboration with the SMPH Contracts Team, negotiates the terms with sponsors through document edits, emails, calls, or meetings.   Once these negotiations are finalized, an authorized university signatory signs the agreement, and forwards it to the RSP Awards Team for final project setup.