Startup FAQ

Commonly Asked Questions Regarding Startup Ventures What qualifies as a UT Dallas startup? What are the realities of establishing a new business? Am I, as UT Dallas faculty/staff member, permitted to start a company and remain at the university? Can I license from the university a technology that I invented while at UT Dallas for …read more

Forms and Resources

Forms and Agreements Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA): A legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to by third parties. Material Transfer Agreement (MTA): A legal contract that governs the transfer of tangible …read more

Procedure for Inviting and Hosting Visitors

View Procedure View Forms Evaluation Process Overview Sec. 1 Applicability This procedure applies to faculty members inviting and hosting (“Faculty Host”) Visitors at the University of Texas at Dallas (“UTD”). This procedure also applies to such persons approved as Visitors under Section 8 of this procedure. Short-term Campus Visitors and Guest Lecturers do not need …read more

Research Expenditures

Research expenditures, funds spent to conduct research, are the nationally accepted method to measure annual funds used on research activities. A research activity is represented by the amount spent by the sponsoring agency (expenditure) on a research project. The following information includes the various reports of research expenditures. UT Dallas provides comprehensive information based on …read more

Information Session on the Innovation Quarter (IQ) – City of Richardson & UT Dallas

The City of Richardson provides an overview of the Richardson Innovation Quarter (The IQ) and recent initiatives to create the premier tech hub of Texas. UT Dallas Vice President for Facilities and Economic Development, Dr. Calvin Jamison provides an overview on our partnership with the City of Richardson on this outstanding project. Additionally, subject matter …read more

Conflict of Interest and Commitment Disclosure Responsibilities

The University of Texas at Dallas (“UTD”) is committed to ensuring conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment do not interfere with the openness and productivity of our academic and research environments. UTD takes the position that faculty, researchers, and employees can participate in situations involving the appearance for conflict in conjunction with disclosure, management, …read more

Cost of Research

The University expects external sponsors to pay the actual costs of conducting the sponsored project. These costs include both the direct and the indirect (also know as facilities and administrative) cost obligations incurred by the University in the conduct of a project. The direct costs, that is, those costs that are clearly identified with and …read more

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