Research Collaboration Agreement

A legal agreement entered into between two or more parties to work together and contribute resources towards a common research inquiry; drawing synergies from one another’s expertise and experiences in specific fields. Typically, collaborators do not provide funding to each other but they contribute significantly in-kind, in the forms of manpower, specialised expertise, materials, use of existing equipment, etc. Any intellectual property (IP) that arises from the collaboration is expected to be shared jointly between the parties, based on the inventive contributions provided by the parties.