Our research mandate
- Goal-oriented, results open-ended
- Success not guaranteed
- University’s right to publication upheld
- Knowledge transfer (usually) from academia to business
- University carries out project independently
- Short-term or deadline-driven results
- University claims full cost coverage
Research partnerships
- Open-ended goals, results also open-ended
- Success not guaranteed
- High level of interest in (joint) publication
- Exchange of knowledge and/or joint research
- Contributions from both partners
- Both partners have medium to long-term interest in the results
- Division of labor, joint development
Work or service contract
- Goal-oriented
- Completion required (in the case of work contracts); or activity required (in the case of service contracts)
- No interest in publication
- Unilateral knowledge transfer
- University carries out project independently
- Short-term or deadline-oriented result
- University claims full cost coverage
