Category: Research collaborations

General remarks When several researchers and/or research units are working together on a research project, a number of issues should be considered carefully, and it will often prove advantageous to enter into a formal agreement on these issues at the outset of the research project. This is especially true when industry, public authorities, organisations and […]

General agreements The DCSD’s Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice with special focus on health science, natural science and technical science (2009) include ”Guidelines for agreements at the initiation of research projects”. These guidelines comprise a list of potential agreement clauses and may serve as a checklist when entering into research collaborations. Commissioned research and industrial […]

General remarks Danish universities may sell research, analysis and consultancy to authorities, companies and organisations. This may be done as commissioned research (income-generating activity) or in the form of public services. Commissioned research (income-generating activity) Danish universities may conduct income-generating activities and grant-funded activities, cf. section 20 (3), no. 1 of the Universities Act. These […]

Industrial PhD candidates Industrial PhD candidates are enrolled at the university and employed by a private company at the same time. The industrial PhD candidate and the company therefore enter into an agreement that addresses the industrial PhD candidate’s rights and obligations in relation to the company, dealing, for example, with such questions as who […]

The PhD programme is a research training programme which consists mainly of research conducted under supervision. The number of PhD students at Danish research institutions has greatly increased, and today supervision of PhD students is an important task for professors and lecturers. In many cases PhD students participate in actual collaborative research with their supervisor(s), […]