Funding

In brief, there are two types of agreements at the university that regulate externally funded research: agreements on commissioned activities (sv: uppdragsforskningsavtal) and agreements on funding (sv: bidragsavtal). When the university is co-funding a project, it is called a collaboration agreement (sv: samarbetsavtal).

A commission (agreements on commissioned activities) means that the sponsor fully funds the project (direct and indirect expenses at the university). In return, the sponsor is awarded a certain right to the results of the project. If the sponsor does not fully fund the project, it is something else than commission and consequently, the sponsor has no right to the results of the project.

Contribution (agreements on funding) means that the sponsor makes a contribution to research without any demands to the results of the research. Conditions concerning that the university report on how the funds are used or inform the sponsor of the findings or accept a certain amount of co-financing are acceptable

In cases of collaboration research (collaboration agreements), all the collaborating parties contribute to the project. The research results belong to the members who are the originator of the results.

Give thought to what kind of funding you project has been granted. Underfunded commissions are sometimes mistakenly called contributions or collaborations. The university does not accept such commissions.