Research contracts

Are you preparing a research project?
Have you secured third-party funds to realise a promising idea?
Are you planning an interesting and auspicious research collaboration?

Below you will find our most frequent enquiries

Federal government / State of Baden-Württemberg

Did you receive a positive funding notification and want to enter into a cooperation agreement with a research partner?

Please contact us with the complete documentation, especially:
a) Grant notification including annexes
b) Project description / funding application
c) Draft contract from the coordinator if available
d) Form Erklärung bei Zuwendungen Dritter (declaration when accepting gratuities from others)

Do you want to submit a tender bid?

We are here to check the legal terms and conditions.

Terms of contract for research on demand

Industry

Framework contract in place
You can find a template for a non-binding offer for your industry partner in our internal forms cabinet.

As soon as the industry partner sends an order/request, we need the folllowing documents for the order acceptance:
a) Order/request
b) Form Erklärung bei Zuwendungen Dritter (declaration when accepting gratuities from others)
c) Project costing
d) Your offer including project description

Framework contract not in place
You can find a template for a non-binding offer for your industry partner in our internal forms cabinet.

Please include the staff of the legal department in the contract negotiations. We need the following documents:
a) Offer/specification of services
b) Form Erklärung bei Zuwendungen Dritter (declaration when accepting gratuities from others)
c) Project costing
d) Contract suggestion from the industry partern if avaiable

Are you planning a joint research project with an industry partner in which the industry partner performs research as well?

Make sure that your project has a solid legal foundation by entering into a cooperation agreement beforehand.
We need to know about your planned handling of research results.

Do you want to submit a tender bid?

We are here to check the legal terms and conditions.

Others

Are you required to sign a confidential disclosure agreement for a research project or the supervision of a doctoral thesis?

Refer to the president's signing authority and let us review the contract conditions.

If you are writing a master's thesis please use this agreement.

Do you require specific materials for your research and the rights holder is asking you to sign an MTA?

Please contact us with the complete documentation, especially:
a) Contract suggestion from the partner, if available.
b) Short description of the material and the intended area of use.
c) Form Erklärung bei Zuwendungen Dritter (declaration when accepting gratuities from others), if the materials are not being purchased.

Does a third party want to support your research financially?

We are habppy to provide you with the legal foundation.

Do you and your partner want to set out your future intentions in writing?

We assess the scope of your agreement an in individual cases consult with the International Office (Dept. II-3)

Please contact the staff in Dept. IV-2. If necessary, they will forward contracts to us for a legal review.