{"id":617,"date":"2016-05-30T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/curo\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:54","slug":"research-contracts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/research-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Research Contracts\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-a-research-contract\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a research contract?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding not usually decided via a peer-review process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scope of work agreed upon by PI and Sponsor or dictated by Sponsor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usually includes defined deliverables\/milestones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Often fixed-fee payments tied to deliverables but can be claim-based per costs incurred. If budget included, usually flexible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicable indirect costs often per Institutional policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sponsor usually has right to pre-review publications. Terms of intellectual property, confidentiality, and indemnification are negotiated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cuasa.ca\/collective-bargaining\/current-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUASA Collective Agreement<\/a>, Article 15.5 (d), it is unethical for members of academic staff to enter into any agreement that infringes on the freedom to publish the results of research conducted at CU (this does not pertain to private consulting agreements). Although it is unethical to enter such agreements, this type of situation might arise as external funding can, at times, be at odds with the policy of openness at Carleton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a research contract? 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