jw van zyl incFunded research
Close the governance gaps that put funding, IP and continuity at risk.
Funded programmes put funding, IP and continuity at risk when funder obligations are not flowed down accurately and partner responsibilities, data and exit terms are left unresolved. The firm structures the consortium and the flow-down across every partner.
Who this is for
Research institutions, programme directors, principal investigators, grants offices and consortium coordinators
Typically instructed by: Grants offices · research contracts · programme management · technology transfer
Scope
What can be instructed
- Grant and funder arrangements
- Grant agreements, funder terms and the accurate flow-down of funder obligations to partners and subrecipients.
- Consortium and collaboration agreements
- Consortium agreements, governance structures, decision-making, budget allocation and reporting.
- Subrecipient and subcontractor arrangements
- Subaward and subcontract structures, compliance obligations and audit rights.
- IP and commercialisation
- Background and foreground IP, ownership, access rights, publication and downstream commercialisation.
- Data and biological materials
- Data-sharing arrangements, data protection, and material transfer agreements for samples and derived materials.
- Admission, suspension and exit
- Adding and removing partners mid-programme, suspension for non-performance, and the consequences for funding and IP.
Before you instruct
What helps the firm assess the matter
- The funder and the programme identifier.
- The lead institution and the partner entities, for the conflicts check.
- Whether the funder mandates a particular template or set of terms.
- The submission or signature deadline.