HomeMy WebLinkAboutUniversity of Northern Iowa - MOU - 11/21/2005 Memorandum of Understanding
Between the Waterloo Fire Rescue
And
University of Northern Iowa
I. Cooperative Agreement
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)is made and agreement entered into by and
between the Waterloo Fire Rescue, hereinafter referred to as the "Fire Rescue", and the
University of Northern Iowa, hereinafter referred to as "UNI."
The purpose of this MOU is for the Fire Rescue and UNI to enter into a collaborative partnership
in the planning, design and completion of an Evaluation of Fire Pals Education Program
("Study") within Black Hawk County, Iowa, under the terms of this agreement. The Fire
Rescue's source of funding for this agreement is the Centers for Disease Control, CFDA#
93.000.
The respective responsibilities and obligations for the Fire Rescue and UNI in their mutual desire
and intent to exercise the collaborative partnership are as follows:
II. Responsibilities
A. Responsibilities of the Fire Rescue:
1. Provide adequate general project parameters and guidance relating to the Study's
structure and scope, including a mutually agreeable timetable for completion.
2. Utilize, exclusively for the purposes of this partnership, the services of UNI through its
Project EXPORT Center on Health Disparities.
3. Provide UNI with adequate background information relating to the successful completion
of the Study, including project goals.
4. Secure formal authorization for the Study,under the terms of this MOU, and provide
ongoing oversight and coordination of the project, make key Fire Rescue staff available
as requested, and facilitate the enlistment of relevant community and school
representatives to assist with the successful completion of the Study.
5. This is a fixed-price, performance-based agreement. The Fire Rescue shall pay UNI
$9,850.00 in two progress payments upon completion and acceptance of the deliverable
items in Article IV.
B. Responsibilities of UNI:
1. Assign Annette Vander Werff as Project Director who, along with appropriate staff
through its Project EXPORT Center of Excellence on Health Disparities and Global
Health Corps, will conduct the Study, including meeting with the Fire Rescue to
coordinate activities.
2. Design appropriate survey/interview protocols and instruments to maximize the ability to
collect evaluation information from study subjects.
3. Will use appropriate human subjects procedures and documents to solicit parental
consent and student subject assent for participation in the Study.
4. Compile, write and produce the Study report to be delivered no later than September 30,
2006.
5. Conduct a cultural competency training session and provide resources as mutually agreed
by the partnership.
III. Time Line
October-November 2005 Develop Study design and protocols
Develop instrument for original data collection
Conduct cultural competency training for fire fighters
November 2005—May 2006 Conduct original data collection
June—July 2006 Data analysis
August 2006 Write final report
IV. Deliverables
1. Instrument for original data collection due November 30, 2005 - $3000.
2. Final report due August 31, 2006 - $6850.
V. Publication
As an educational institution, UNI may have interest in using findings from the study for
educational and professional publication purposes. Publication is understood to include
any form of presentation (e.g., paper, report, bulletin, articles) and any format(e.g.,
written, oral, electronic). If it chooses to pursue publication opportunities, UNI will give
written prior notice of such intent to the Fire Rescue. At the Fire Rescue's discretion, a
note of disclaimer and/or credit will be included in any such publication.
VI. Confidentiality
UNI will maintain confidentiality of respondents who are participants in the study. No
information about the project, its procedures or results will be disclosed in a way that
could lead to the identification of these individuals as participants in the study or to the
individual responses provided by respondents. The Fire Rescue also agrees to maintain
this same level of confidentiality.
The MOU shall be effective October 1, 2005 upon execution of this agreement by both parties
and shall continue in effect through August 31, 2006 or until all responsibilities are discharged,
whichever is earlier. The deliverable dates may be extended and other modifications made to
this agreement only by written agreement of the parties hereto.
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dward M. Ebert
Grants and Contracts Administrator
Office of Sponsored Programs
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0394
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Ned DeBerg, Fire Chief
Waterloo Fire Rescue
Waterloo, Iowa 50703
9/30/05