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The new school collaboratory5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() All those involved meet together regularly to review their progress and plan for publication of their results. No external funding is involved, and the work is divided reasonably equally between the two groups. ![]() Members of two research groups in different departments of the same institution work together on a project.Some examples of the variations in collaborations that can occur: Are these research group members aware of the agreements reached by the PIs? Do they understand the provisions of these agreements? Do the agreements protect the interests of the research group members for instance do they protect the interests of graduate students in completing their dissertations and publishing their results? Administrative staff my want to raise these questions as they work with researchers to set up the subawards, collaborative agreements, or other types of agreements intended to formalize the collaboration. Even if the two principal collaborators are similarly powerful, a collaboration frequently involves several other people from the research groups of the PIs, including post-doctoral fellows, research staff members, graduate students, and/or undergraduate students. Today, however, many collaborations involve researchers of differing stature, funding status, and types of organizations. ![]() The term "collaboration" in academic research is usually thought to mean an equal partnership between two academic faculty members who are pursuing mutually interesting and beneficial research. ![]()
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