Permits and agreements

Various permits and agreements relating to and regulating data management may need to be drawn up before a project starts. Agreements with external funders may include requirements for making available documentation and data from projects that they finance.

Permissions and agreements shall be kept on a diary and archived in accordance with the university's document management plan, and shall be able to derive to the research undertaken.

Contract review is usually carried out by the university's legal affairs division.

Cooperation and comission agreements

If you are participating in a project that involves collaboration with organizations outside your own university, there are a number of areas, including research data, that you may need to agree on. These can be projects involving researchers from several universities or collaborations with private companies, other authorities or the healthcare sector. Before you initiate a project with parties outside the University, you should consult the University's legal department.

Note that there may be differences between countries in the laws and regulations governing the management of research data. In cooperation with researchers in other countries, the legal conditions may therefore differ.

Important issues that should be clarified in, for example, cooperation and comission agreements are how research data from the project should be handled and used. It should be clear who will have access to the data material, how the material may be transferred and used and any time limits on its use. Aspects that may also need clarification include whether any party owns or copyrights data and any restrictions on how data may be shared with others or made openly available.

Requests for confidentiality may occur from external partners, but they must be handled in accordance with the principle of public access to information and the legal framework governing the disclosure of public records.

See also: To collaborate with Uppsala University (leaflet)

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