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Advancing Today’s Discoveries to Improve Health

Research Collaborations

Cynthia Carnes, PharmD, PhD

Advancing Today’s Discoveries to Improve Health

Scientific “Prenup agreements”: Hoping for the Best While Planning for the Worst

• Prospective
• Full Collaboration Plans
• Clear delineation of scope of work and

expectations

• Budget planning for future or current grant

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Key Elements of a Collaboration Plan

1) Who will do what: Be as specific as possible Trainees or staff designated? 2) Define the organizational structure:

• a. Time and effort
• b. Meetings and communication (frequency, who calls meetings)
• c. Regulatory responsibilities

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Key Elements of a Collaboration Plan (continued)

3) Address sensitive issues:

• a. Authorship
• b. Compensation and financial management
• c. Data sharing, management and retention

4) Intellectual Property

• a. Single or multi-institution
• b. Academic vs. non-academic

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Key Elements of a Collaboration Plan (continued)

5) Customized reagents, constructs, etc:

• a. who maintains inventory
• b. disposition after the collaboration ends
• c. scope of use

6) Planning for conflict resolution:

• a. Who will mediate
• b. Final decision authority

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Resources

• https://ori.hhs.gov/preempting-discord-prenuptial-agreements-

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