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University of Maryland Professor

If appointing a University of Maryland Professor who currently holds an appointment at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, at the level of professor, please follow these guidelines. Also, please use this transmittal form, which is specific to the appointment of University of Maryland, Baltimore professors.

Domestic & Foreign Visitors

Two templates are available for creating an invitation to a domestic visitor. Click the template name to download a copy:

  1. Visiting Researchers - Domestic - Academia & Gov't. This letter is for use with visiting researchers from other academic or research institutions or government agencies. In order to accommodate the IP policies of other universities, research institutions, or government agencies, the Vice President for Research has waived the portion of UMD's IP policy that requires UMD to own any IP developed by the visiting researcher and has instead allowed UMD and the visitor's institution to jointly own any resulting IP. This joint ownership arrangement is reflected in the terms of this letter.
  2. Visiting Researchers - Domestic - Industry. This letter is for use with visiting researchers from industry (e.g., companies). UMD's IP policy requires that UMD owns all resulting IP developed by the corporate visitor; this policy complies with IRS regulations. Any changes to the IP ownership language in the industry letter must be approved by the UMD Vice President for Research; the UMD unit issuing the visiting researcher letter must submit an IP waiver. (See https://ora.umd.edu/resources/fa/waiver-request for additional information about IP waiver requests. Please note that you may need to process the IP waiver through UM Ventures and not ORA. See https://www.umventures.org/about-us/directory/college-park for UM Ventures contact information.)

Visiting Researchers - Foreign. UMD must run an export compliance check on foreign visiting researchers; this means a letter template is not immediately available for download. Click here for more information about the approval process for foreign researchers. Login to the PTK Contracts System to begin the process.