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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
Horizon 2020	European Commission	EU EU-other countries	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.
Programme Grants for Applied Research	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	Applied health research including health services research; public health research; behavioural research; economic evaluations; and modelling. Delivering research findings that will have practical application for the benefit of patients, typically through improved health care or better health care delivery. Balanced teams of leading researchers, from the NHS and academia working together, who can demonstrate an impressive track record of achievement in applied health research.	Information not available
Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	Studies of the provision and use of NHS services; Evaluations of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions; Examination of the resource utilisation of alternative means for healthcare delivery; The scrutinising of innovations and developments; Feasibility studies to help reach the next step of a definitive trial.	Information not available
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	Funds research to ensure that healthcare professionals, NHS managers and the public and patients have the best and latest information on the costs, effectiveness and impact of developments in health technology.	Information not available
Public Health Research (PHR) Programme	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	The PHR Programme funds research to evaluate non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health; it will fund both primary and secondary research; precise methods will need to be appropriate to the question being asked and the feasibility of the research.	Information not available
Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	Research into any aspect of health service quality, accessibility and effectiveness, as long as its importance to the NHS can be clearly demonstrated; any methodology as long as it is appropriate, proportionate and likely to answer the research questions – which must relate to health service issues; trials, pilot and feasibility studies on relevant topics, with the involvement of a Clinical Trials Unit if required.	Basic scientific or epidemiological research on the causes of disease; Testing of new health technologies or diagnostic techniques; Establishment of a database, as an end in itself. All studies must include specific research questions, and all data collection must directly contribute to answering these questions. The setting-up or maintenance of research units; PhD studentships.
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	Aimed at supporting 'science driven' studies with an expectation of substantial health gain and aims to support excellent clinical science with an ultimate view to improving health or patient care. Its remit includes clinical trials and evaluative studies, in patients, which evaluate clinical efficacy of interventions and which may also add significantly to our understanding of biological or behavioural mechanisms and processesю	Information not available
National Horizon Scanning Centre	National Institute for Health Research	Information not available	The NIHR HSC aims to supply timely information to key policy- and decision-makers within the English NHS about emerging health technologies that may have a significant impact on patients or the provision of health services in the near future.	Information not available

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
EC National Contact Points	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation. Advice and assistance for R&D cooperation in specific areas.	Given country - EU	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
NETWATCH	Mapping networks; providing information on Joint Calls; analysing the impact of programme collaboration; describing the scope and results of individual networks; supporting mutual learning among transnational programme networks.	Free of charge
COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research	It is mainly an inter EU program but also offering cooperation with Israel. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level.	Free of charge
EUREKA	EUREKA is an international initiative which coordinates efforts of governments, research institutes and commercial companies concerning innovation. Its members are the EU countries and 14 more from around the world including Russia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Albania.	Free of charge
OBN	OBN is a membership organisation supporting and bringing together the UK's emerging life science R&D companies, their corporate partners and their investors.	Payable
Technology Strategy Board	The UK's innovation agency. TSB offers support and funding to help business develop new products and services - and bring them closer to market.	Information not available

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Department for Business Innovation and Skills	Among others responsible for: working with further and higher education providers to give students the skills to compete in a global employment market; supporting innovation and developing the UK’s science and research industry; supporting British businesses to increase productivity and competitiveness.
Research Councils UK	The strategic partnership for UK's seven research councils, all focused on different areas. Their common objectives are: fund basic, strategic and applied research; support postgraduate training (PhDs and masters students and fellows); advance knowledge and technology and provide services and trained scientists and engineers to contribute to the economic competitiveness, the effectiveness of public services and policy, and quality of life; support science in society activities.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
Scientific and technological cooperation	The UK is party to several international agreements and treaties of both multilateral and bilateral type.
Science and Innovation Network	The UK has established a network of science and innovation attachés which now has more than 90 science officers in 28 countries including USA, Japan, China and India.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988	no	-
Patents	The Patents Act 1977, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988	yes	Intellectual Property Office
Utility models	not protected	-	-
Trade marks	The Trade Marks Act 1994	no, but possible and often preferable.	Intellectual Property Office
(Industrial) designs	The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988	no, but possible and often preferable.	Intellectual Property Office
Geographical Indications	Protected on EU-level.	-	-
Know How	not protected	-	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Plant Varieties Act 1997	yes	The Food and Environment Research Agency
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Protected on EU-level.	-	-

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
Online Patent Services	Patent document and information service (Ipsum), GB Patents Publication Service, Searching the EPO Espacenet service, supplementary protection certificates by number, Patents Endorsed Licence of Right (LOR), Patents Not in Force (NIF), Database of Green Channel applications.	English
Online Trade Mark Services	Allows to locate trade marks by number, owner, word or image or by descision.	English
Online Design Services	Allows to locate design by number, product, proprietor or class.	English
Espacenet	Patents granted by European Patent Office	English

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	PATENS ONLY! The following acts shall not constitute an infringement:	Acts done privately and for purposes which are not commercial; Acts done for experimental purposes relating to the subject-matter of the invention; Extemporaneous preparation in a pharmacy of a medicine for an individual in accordance with a prescription given by a registered medical or dental practitioner; Use by a farmer of the product of his harvest for propagation or multiplication by him on his own holding; Use of an animal or animal reproductive material by a farmer for an agricultural purpose.	The Patents Act 1977, Part 1, Section 60
Patents/Utility models
Industrial Designs
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Trade Marks	A registered trade mark is not infringed by the following acts:	Use by a person of his own name or address; Use of indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services; Use necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service (in particular, as accessories or spare parts); the use in the course of trade in a particular locality of an earlier right which applies only in that locality.	The Trade Marks Act 1994, Part 1, Section 11
Copyright	The following acts shall not constitute an infringement:	Non-commercial research or a private study; Criticism, review and reporting current events; Things done for the purposes of instruction and examination; Teaching in educational establishments; Exceptions for the disabled; Exceptions for libraries and archives; Exceptions for public administration.	The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Chapter 3 Sections 29, 30, 31A, 31B, 32-36, 36 B, 37 - 46

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Intellectual Property Office	The official government body responsible for Intellectual Property rights in the UK, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyrights.

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		yes
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Creator / inventor / successor in title
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	The employer owns if within the scope of the employment. Otherwise, in case of inventions, different sorts of preferential licenses for the employer.
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	Information not available
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	No
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	In respect of inventions - yes, a student obtains the right to the creation. The parties must agree upon trade of right in order for it to happen.
Related law (name & link)	The Patents Act 1977, Chapter 39; the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	No formal limitations by law.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	No
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Is highly encouraged and used.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	Information not available
Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Information not available

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Transfer of rights / Licence / Creating entity, i.e. Limited company around the right.	Information not available	No	Each HEI has its own department responsible for commercialization.	Example from the Royal Holloway University of London (linked here)

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
Yes; between 10-100 % depending on the revenues.	Yes	No	Yes	The Patents Act, Section 41 Example of HEI's calculation of remuneration

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
Model Research Collaboration contracts	The so called Lambert Tool kit consists of a set of five Model Research Collaboration (one to one) Agreements and four Consortium (multi-party) Agreements accompanied with documents that should help to use and understand those agreements.	http://www.ipo.gov.uk/lambert