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The Learning Lab Resource pages are designed to help faculty and research-related staff find research resources and services to assist throughout the sponsored projects lifecycle.

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Disclaimer: The Pitt Research Concierge Program provides research resources and services for Pitt faculty and staff only. Some resources are applicable to students.

Areas	Responsible Department / Office	Description	Resource
Media Relations	UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences Newsroom	UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences Newsroom media relations staff are available to assist 24/7. *Resource available to UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences faculty only.	UPMC Media Relations Department Staff
Media Relations	University Communications and Marketing (UCM)	Media relations team members serve as primary contacts for the media. Communication managers collect and share Pitt news with the press and gather information for the University’s news service, Pittwire. They also provide strategic communications guidance to assigned schools and departments. The press are encouraged to contact news representatives to interview experts in a variety of fields.	Media Relations
Media Relations	University Communications and Marketing (UCM)	University Communications and Marketing (UCM) maintains the strategic direction and execution of all University-wide social media accounts and serves as a resource for college, school and departmental presences.	Social Media
Media Relations	University Communications and Marketing (UCM)	University Communications and Marketing (UCM) provides research poster templates that provide a basic format that incorporates the University shield and signature.	Research Poster Templates
Non-financial agreements	Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)	The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides information on Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA), also referred to as non-disclosure agreement (NDA) or secrecy agreements, a legal agreement between a minimum of two parties which outlines information the parties wish to share with one another for certain evaluation purposes, but wish to restrict from wider use and dissemination.	Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs)/NDAs
Non-financial agreements	Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)	The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides information on Data Use Agreements (DUAs), a contractual document used for the transfer of data that has been developed by nonprofit, government or private industry, where the data are nonpublic or is otherwise subject to some restrictions on its use.	Data Use Agreements (DUAs)
Non-financial agreements	Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)	The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides information on Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), contractual documents used for the acquisition of various biological and research materials, and occasionally, data, developed by nonprofit, government and private industry.	Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
Publishing Resources	Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)	The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) collaborates with other local organizations on a monthly printed and online health page in the New Pittsburgh Courier, a Lunch and Learn series in the downtown Urban League location, and a quarterly Dinner and Dialogue series held in the University of Pittsburgh's Community Engagement Centers.	Community Health Series Partnership
Publishing Resources	Pitt Research	The Research, Ethics and Society Initiative (RESI) has resources to help scholars and researchers communicate about research to people outside a specific field or outside academia.	RESI: Communication about Research
Publishing Resources	University Library System (ULS)	The University of Pittsburgh Library System's (ULS) Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing (OSCP) offers expertise and services related to the publication and sharing of research and scholarship.	Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing
Publishing Resources	Health Sciences Library System (HSLS)	The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) supports dissemination of all types of research outputs, such as preprints, protocols, datasets, and software. Librarians offer support, consultations, and/or customized trainings.	Scholarly Publishing and Communication
Publishing Resources	University of Pittsburgh Press	The University of Pittsburgh Press publishes titles in Latin American studies, Russian and East European studies, Central Asian studies, poetry, Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania regional studies, environmental studies, the history of architecture and the built environment, urban studies, composition and literacy, and the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine.	For Authors