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People Section 6 25 The Research Project should always have a lead investigator (Principal Investigator) but there will be many other people involved. In the case of collaborative research this may involve people from other institutions or companies. If two institutions are collaborating to deliver research to a funder then one of them will have to take the lead in terms of responsibility. The Research Plan should set out the details of the staff required and the amounts that will be paid to fund them. Where individuals need to be brought in on fixed term contracts then you should be alert to what will happen if the Research Contract ends before that individual's fixed term contract. You may need to factor in redundancy costs for such individuals. Intellectual Property In the Research Contract you will no doubt be making certain statements about IP (see Section 9 – Intellectual Property). So it is important that each party to the Research Contract has appropriate contracts in place with its own research staff to ensure that it controls IP created by them. Where a member of the research staff is an employee of your institution then IP created by them will generally belong to your institution as their employer. However, some research institutions have IP policies which vary that position. You should therefore check your own IP policy and make sure that specific gaps are covered by contracts with the individual concerned. Some members of the research staff may not in fact be employees e.g. students. Again your institution should have a contract in place to ensure that it does control the IP created by that student in the course of the Research Project. The same would apply to any sub-contract staff. This would happen where, for instance, a university is undertaking a clinical trial for a pharmaceuticals company in conjunction with an NHS Trust. Secondment As part of Collaborative Research Contracts it may be that some staff are seconded from one collaborator to another. The terms of that secondment should be in the Research Contract or it may be easier to deal with them in a separate Secondment Agreement. This needs to reflect some of the terms