Contracts with the Research Council

Signing a contract

The Research Council will send an email to the designated project administrator and the project manager when the contract is available on “My RCN Web” and ready to be signed.

The project manager has read-only access to the documents. Only the project administrator or, alternatively, the designated contract administrator, is authorised to upload the collaboration agreements that are needed and formally accept the contract.

Log on to “My RCN Web” to access the formal letter of notification.

The contract sets out the terms and conditions for the use of the research funding and the parties’ rights and obligations with regard to the implementation of the project.

The deadline for signing the contract is one month from the date the contract was published on “My RCN Web”. For projects involving partners, the deadline is three months from this date.

Projects involving partners

For projects involving partners, the Project Owner must enter into collaboration agreements with each of the partners before the contract with the Research Council can be signed. All collaboration agreements must be uploaded via “My RCN Web”. Both the project administrator and the project manager are allowed to upload the collaboration agreements.

Click here for more information on collaboration agreements.

We recommend that all partners have the opportunity to read the contract before signing a collaboration agreement.

The deadline for signing the contract for projects involving partners is three months from the date the contract was published on “My RCN Web”.