Terms and Conditions
It is important to Defra to use standard terms and conditions for research contracts. The Department lets a large number of contracts every year and in order to treat all fairly and equally it is only reasonable for both Defra and its contractors to work to standard terms and conditions.
The standard research contract sets out those terms and conditions under which Defra is willing to provide R&D funding. In applying for a project you must be clear that you can accept and meet the terms and conditions. This contract does not apply to LINK programmes. Information on how to participate in Defra-sponsored LINK research is available here.
Intellectual Property
Defra aims to assign the ownership of the results of its research projects, or Intellectual Property, to the body best placed to commercially develop those results. In most cases this will be the contractor, although in some cases we may decide to retain ownership on behalf of the Crown.
Decisions on ownership will be advised as part of project specifications at the time of tendering. In assigning ownership of results to contractors, contractors will be required to provide Defra (the Crown) with a royalty free licence to use for Government purposes and pay annually 10% of income earned from commercial development of the results.
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last modified: 03 April 2006
Page published: 4 March 2005