body: If I sign a material transfer agreement (MTA) to use a material only for "academic research", do legitimate academic research, but then spin off a startup based on that academic research, does this violate the terms of the MTA?
  
  
  Specifically, I'm currently deciding whether to sign an MTA that states: 
  
  
  
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  > You may use this Material (including the viral based vectors
  >  referenced in #1 above) only for the specific research project
  >  described in the MTA, which is: "academic research."
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  I intend to only use the material (viral vectors) for scientific research, but I don't want to be constrained in the future if I want to start a startup based on my research - this is the end goal of my PhD. My instincts tell me that these agreements fully handle and allow that case, but I just want to be sure.
  
  
  
title: Agreeing to only do "academic research", doing academic research, but then spinning off a startup based on academic research