Research & Enterprise Contracts
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What we do
Provide Legal advice & authorisation for Research & Enterprise activities:
At pre-award/ negotiation/
application stage
At Post Award & contracting stage
(all funders)
- Industry funded research
- Consultancy
- Research & Consultancy commissioned by tender by Public Bodies
- Technical Services
- Other research or professional expertise related services by University staff
- Contracts supporting funding applications e.g. Confidentiality, Materials Transfer, Powers of Attorney/ Letters of Authority (EU FP7 submissions),
- Collaboration & Consortium Agreements
- All Research, Consultancy, Technical & Professional Services agreements & other related contract matters, including:
- Sponsor Funding Agreements
- Contracts for Services by the University
- Collaboration Agreements (incl. EU FP7)
- Sub-Contracts for Research or Consultancy projects (by us or for us)
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements etc
For advice on applications with FEC based p rice rules (e.g. Research Councils, Charities etc) contact Research and Enterprise Development
Contract Set Up & Management
- Negotiation of terms
- Legal Drafting for Contracts documents & correspondence
- Straightforward contract review & approval
- Sign-Off & Authorize
- Instruct financial accounts set-up for contracted Research Projects
- Ongoing legal support & advice for live projects.