Third party agreements
Frequently a third party will provide you with a draft agreement for review. We recommend that a University Standard Agreement is presented to the external party as this will speeds up the process of entering into research agreements. If the sponsor still prefers to use its own template, submit the following documentation to the Research Contracts Group:- Research Checklist
- If financial, Budget Form for Research, completed and signed
- Draft agreement
Once the completed documentation is received by the Research Contracts Group, the agreement will go through the review process. When signed, the MRO will register it in Themis, finalise and distribute the agreement.
Deans and Head of Departments are NOT authorised to sign any agreement drafted by external parties. The authorised signatories on behalf of the university are the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the Vice-Principal (Research) once the agreement is reviewed by the Research Contracts Group.