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Dissemination 43 Section 10 Publication of research is vital to most researchers. In academia, in particular, it helps build careers and can be critical to obtaining funding for further research. Publication in peer-reviewed journals validates the research. Full Disclosure As a researcher you need to ensure the accuracy of the results which you publish. Negative and positive results should both be made publicly available. The Research Contract should make it clear that a collaborator cannot suppress the publication of results. You should also specify the source of any funding and the other collaborators, so that any possible conflicts of interest are made clear. Informed Consent If your research has involved research on individuals (or their biological material) and those individuals are potentially identifiable from your publication of the research results, then informed consent must be obtained for such publication. This procedure will have been the subject of prior review by an Ethics Committee in many cases. Confidentiality It may be that a Confidentiality Agreement has been entered into to enable you to discuss the possible research before the Research Contract is agreed. Make sure that the interaction between that Confidentiality Agreement and the confidentiality provisions in the Research Contract has been properly considered. You need to make sure that the information disclosed under the Confidentiality Agreement remains protected when the Research Contract has been signed. Publication of research results can undermine the registrability of certain IP; patents and designs. So funders of research will frequently want some control over the publication of research results. If your institution is looking to commercialise the research results, it too will want some control over the publication by the other participants. It is common to find confidentiality obligations in Research Contracts. These obligations usually apply to all participants. Issues applicable to any confidentiality arrangement will apply here as well.