The most comprehensive collections can be found at TRAM and TEES . TRAM is the Texas Research Administrator's web site maintained by Rice University. It contains a large collection of templates provided by various university research offices, along with an excellent FAQ and E-mail help desk to assist browsers. This versatility means most TRAM users will be able to find a sponsor's form in a version they can use. This template collection includes a very useful Read-Me file that explains how to unprotect and modify Microsoft documents.
TEES also provides an E-mail help desk.
Macintosh files must be encoded to transmit over the Internet and be decoded when they are received. In order to use the .sit and .hqx files they must be decoded using oneof several applications, such as StuffIt Expander which is the easiest to use and is available free on the Web. Your web browser can be set up with helper applications to automatically decode or decompress downloaded documents. The majority of on-line documents provided by TRAM and TEES are templates rather than forms because of their greater versatility and efficiency. Forms are documents with unformatted, blank spaces for inserting data.