By Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
If the CNRS already has strong, consistent and long-standing links with a company, the organisation can sign a framework agreement to accelerate the smooth set-up of joint research projects. This framework agreement is the basis for developing contractual collaborations between CNRS laboratories and business, over a five-year period. These are agreements that define the scientific scope of the collaboration, the working methods, the rules of the research partnership or service provision, how the collaboration will be monitored (steering committee, governing board, technology transfer committee), how intellectual property will be shared out, and the rules concerning the use, publication and confidentiality of the results of these collaborations.
