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# Signing Your Master Service Agreement (MSA)

## Purpose: Explaining the high-level contract signed during onboarding.

**Audience**

New Scholars

**When to Use**

Read this during your first week of onboarding.

**Instructions**

1\. Locate the 'Agreements' stage in your onboarding workflow.

2\. Review the MSA, which covers general terms, confidentiality, and ethics.

3\. Sign the document digitally via the Worksuite interface.

4\. You only sign this agreement once.

**Troubleshooting / Exceptions**

The MSA does not include specific pay rates; those are handled in your project-specific SOW.

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Email [ask.scholars@imerit.net](mailto:ask.scholars@imerit.net) for legal questions regarding your MSA.

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