Humboldt-Innovation GmbH (HI) promotes and manages research and development agreements as well as contracts for scientific services between HU scientists and private companies or the public sector. On behalf of the university, HI will manage all project stages from initiation and launch to administration and completion.
The Innovation Management team supports HU scientists to recognize the commercialization potential of their research early on and to arrange for the necessary steps in this direction.
Research and development agreements & contracts for scientific services
Research and development agreements are necessary if third party research funding sources do not or do not want to act upon a notice of appropriation of funding or an allocation decision. A contract for scientific services is required if only state-of-the-art technology/knowledge is applied in the project.
On behalf of the Vice President for Research, both types of contracts will be negotiated and signed by Humboldt-Innovation GmbH (HI) for the project manager. The project manager is not authorized to legally sign such contracts. The signing by HI ensures the legal use of HU resources, such as the staff, infrastructure or intellectual property.
The following types of third-party financing can be agreed upon and carried out by HI:
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All projects contracted by private sector companies, as well as contracts by not-for-profit/non-governmental organisations
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Contracts and tenders by the public sector institutions
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Sub-contracts from research projects from public institutions/agencies
Third-party projects of this kind will be included in the official statistics of third-party funded research.
Below you will find our project administration services in detail as well as the terms and conditions.
I PROJECT INITIATION
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Map of Research Expertise: online portrayal of HU scientists’ profiles, their research focus and areas of interest
Map of Research Expertise
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Science meets business (“Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft”, WtW) series of events: format especially designed to facilitate the transfer of scientific knowledge to societal and commercial application with ample networking opportunities to foster new collaborations and support innovations
More details
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Matching of project partners: support with finding suitable partners for third-party funded contract research or RFPs
(requests for proposals)
II PROJECT LAUNCH
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Calculation of budget and personnel costs, spreadsheet to aid calculation available on demand
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Support with negotiations and NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) as well as MTAs (material transfer agreements)
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Preparation and review of proposals
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Preparation and review of contracts as well as signing (HI is legal contract partner)
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Setup of project account and third-party funding notice to HU
III PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
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Employment of project-related personnel
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Wage classification according to standard agreements and performance-linked wages
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Drafting of contract conditions
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Payroll accounting
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Procurement of material resources
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Accounting and claims management
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Online reporting of financial status
IV PROJECT COMPLETION
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Transferal of remaining project funds/balance to summary account
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Evaluation of project (incl. project partner feedback)
HI charges an overhead rate of 20% of the net contract value for research and development agreements as well as contracts for scientific services.
Innovation Management
The Innovation Management team offers HU scientists of all disciplines comprehensive consultation and advice for transferring knowledge and technology into markets and society. Together we analyse the application-orientation of your ideas. The objective is to commercialize your innovative research.
Service Innovation Management
Newsletter and information about new cooperation requests, RFPs, etc. regarding application-oriented research (in German)
