Collaborate on a research project

For the Discover model to be considered, the following circumstances are likely to apply:

• The Project relies substantially on the University’s Background.
• The Project will take place primarily on the University’s premises.
• Most of the individuals working on the Project will be employees or students of the University.

The Project represents an integral part of the Principal Investigator’s overall research activities, and the Intellectual Property Rights in the Results will therefore be of significance to the PI’s long-term plans.

For the Develop model to be considered, the following circumstances are likely to apply:

• An exclusive licence will provide an effective means through which the Business Partner can commercialise the Results.
• There are likely to be applications / fields of use, markets / territories in which the Business Partner is unable to commercialise, or is uninterested in commercialising, the Results.
• The Project represents an integral part of the Principal Investigator’s overall research activities, and the Intellectual Property Rights in the Results will therefore be of significance to the PI’s long-term plans.

The Project will be based more on the University’s Background than on the Business Partner’s Background.

For the Translate model to be considered, the following circumstances are likely to apply:

• The Project will be critical to the development of the Business Partner’s technology or its business strategy.
• The Project will rely substantially on the Business Partner’s Background.
• The Project would be difficult or impossible to carry out without privileged access to the Business Partner’s Background.
• The focus of the Project will be on development of the Business Partner’s Background.
• Student participation in the Project should be considered carefully with the academic supervisor, and ability to include Results in a thesis for a degree must be preserved

For the Translate model to be used, the following conditions must be met:

• The Project can be ring-fenced from the Principal Investigator’s other research projects.

The Business Partner’s ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights in the Results is irrelevant to the Principal Investigator’s other research Projects or future research (that is, there will be no knock-on effect on the PI’s other research or related Intellectual Property Rights).