Confidentiality Agreement

A contract between two institutions outlines proprietary or confidential materials or knowledge that investigators wish to share with one another for research purposes, but wish to restrict from other use. Generally, the recipient institution is restricted from disclosing the information to any other party. An NDA creates a confidential relationship between the parties to protect trade secrets, research data, materials, etc. NDAs can be "mutual", meaning both parties are restricted in their use of the materials provided, or they can only restrict the recipient institution.

See also: Non-disclosure Agreement