Please follow these steps on how to become a user:

1. Create a FOM account (https://fom.rice.edu/fom/)

2. Complete your institution-specific forms:

i. Rice University User

Please fill out the following forms:

a. New Rice User Information Sheet

b. Internal User Agreement

ii. Non-profit / Academic Institution User (other than Rice)

1. Please complete EITHER of the following forms:

For walk-up instrument use: External non-profit instrument use application

For fee-for-service cloning/equipment use: External non-profit fee for service application

2. Please complete the appropriate agreement form based on your institution:

Baylor College of Medicine

a. Baylor External User Agreement

Forms will need to be signed by the Office of Sponsored Programs at Baylor. Please contact:

Leanne B. Scott, PhD
Director of Sponsored Programs
Baylor College of Medicine
713-798-6978
lbscott@bcm.edu

You will also need to submit:

1. A current Certificate of Insurance, which must meet these requirements.

2. A PO must accompany the user application and agreement forms unless you plan to pay using a credit card. Accounts will not be activated until a PO is submitted or credit card is entered on the PO line. Create a P.O. following this process. Please open a blanket P.O. for a predetermined amount that will cover GDEC equipment usage for the research period indicated on the agreement. Monthly quotes will not be generated by the GDEC for the purpose of requesting a P.O.) When requesting a PO, please instruct the buyer to use vendor number 2020194901.

All documents, PO and insurance must be in place before your account(s) will be activated/confirmed.

MD Anderson

b. MD Anderson External User Agreement

Forms will need to be signed by the MD Anderson Legal Services Department. Please contact:
Deanne Bolstad
713-745-6633

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

c. Methodist External User Agreement

Forms will need to be signed by the Office of Research Contracts at Methodist. Please contact:
Danni Vasquez-Corpus, JD
713-441-7886
cdvasquez-corpus@houstonmethodist.org

NASA

d. NASA External User Agreement

Sam Houston State University

e. Sam Houston State University External User Agreement

Texas A&M University

f. Texas A&M External User Agreement

Please contact your university's Office of Grants/Contracts for the signatures that are needed.

Texas A&M Health Science Center

g. Texas A&M Health Science Center External User Agreement

Texas Children's Hospital

h. Texas Children's Hospital External User Agreement

You will also need to submit:

Texas Southern University

i. Texas Southern University External User Agreement

University of Houston

j. University of Houston External User Agreement

Forms will need to be signed by the Executive Director, Research Services or her representative. Please contact:
Rosemary Grimmet
dorcontracts@listserv.uh.edu

University of Texas

k. University of Texas External User Agreement

If your institute is not listed above, please fill out this form and contact us at gdec@rice.edu about your request.

iii. For-profit entity