Fair Research Contracting
Best Practice Tools on Global Health Research Contracting
The FRC supports international health research at 3 levels:
- where no legal support exists
- where there is limited legal resources
- where there is legal capacity
The Fair Research Contracting Initiative can provide:
Guidance tools (freely available)
- Fair Research Contracting Guidance (Booklet)
- Technical Guidance (Notes)
- Negotiating Research Contracts (Booklet)
Workshops (‘How to build effective research partnerships’)
- A 1/2 day (introductory) or
- A 3 day (intensive) workshop
Technical consultancy
- Legal advice to research managers on specialized areas such as intellectual property and data sharing/ownership, and overhead cost recovery.
Benefits of Fair Research Contracting
Increase global competitiveness through
- Intellectual property rights
- Capacity building efforts
- Ownership/sharing of data
- Compensation for overhead costs
- Research contracting context
Build institutional reputation and research capacity to
- Collaborations with both sides of the partnership having skilled contractors
- Facilitation of more efficient contracting arrangements
- Decreased complications during and after research
- Better contracts for improved intra-mural management of research
- Enhance access to more resources to fund institution infrastructure such as buildings, research equipment, scholarships, staff, and more
The Research Fairness Initiative is designed to work hand-in-hand with Fair Research Contracting (FRC).
While, the RFI underscores the accountability of the stakeholders, it also increases the legitimacy and fairness of research collaboration along the standards set by Fair Research Contracting.
HOW TO CONTACT US AT COHRED:
For further information, visit our website on www.cohred.org/FRC or contact us on Email: frc@cohred.org
Jacintha Toohey | Project Lead: Fair Research Contracting Initiative Phone: +27 (0) 33 260 5770 | E-mail: toohey@cohred.org
Nivedhna Singh | Business Manager : Phone: +27(0)33 260 6165 | E-mail: nivedhna@cohred.org
