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27 People Section 6 Poaching It is not uncommon in Research Contracts to include a provision restricting collaborators poaching other collaborators' staff who have been involved with the Research Project. Such a restriction often continues after the Research Project has been completed for about 6 to 12 months or for a similar period after that particular employee has stopped working on the Research Project. Competing Projects Some funders of projects will want to have a say in whether people involved with their Research Project are allowed to carry out other competing research at the same time. These sorts of restriction can be particularly difficult for research institutions. A research institution can probably never commit absolutely not to be involved in competing research; because it has so many projects going on internally, it could probably never police it. Example The University of Opportunity has been engaged to carry out some contract research on certain materials and their viability for use in the nuclear environment for the Japanese Nuclear Company (JNC). Professor Quark will be the Principal Investigator. JNC wants the University of Opportunity to agree not to carry out any other research in the nuclear field for any of JNC's competitors for the period of the Research Contract and for 2 years afterwards. The University of Opportunity agrees that Professor Quark will not (whilst the Professor is employed by the University) carry out research on these particular materials' viability in the nuclear environment for any of JNC's competitors (who will be listed in the contract) for the period of the research under the contract. Any such restrictions are likely to be unenforceable anyway if they extend beyond the period of research itself under the Research Contract.