The Department of Contracts and Grants has prepared a brochure entitled "Guidelines for Externally Funded Projects" which may be provided to sponsors during initial discussions to give them a general idea as to some of the University's requirements with respect to issues such as the right to publish and the ownership of intellectual property. View this document.

View an example of a boilerplate research agreement. Although the agreement may need to be tailored in a number of ways in order to suit the needs of a particular sponsor and project, it is useful as a starting point in acquainting industrial sponsors with University policy requirements.