Post-award activities
Congratulations on your research grant!
When your project has been funded you will enter into an agreement and, later on, report the project to the funding agency. Eventually, your findings should be shared with colleagues and peers, and perhaps with the general public. Here we present information regarding the handling of contracts, reporting the project and disseminating your results. You can also contact Research Support with questions regarding post-award activities.
MANAGE YOUR AWARD
The first step to receiving the grant is to sign the contract. Subsequently, during the project, you may want to strengthen your collaborations and identify potential innovations. Eventually, you should report the scientific results and the financial outcome should be reported to the funding agency. Always make sure to read the funder’s guidelines regarding reporting early on.
CONTRACTS Different funding agencies require different procedures for signing the contract and receiving a grant. Most often, your department will handle this and your Head of Department will sign the contract. However, for certain funders or when other parties than Uppsala University are involved, the contracts are more complex and they cannot be signed by the Head of Department. For instance, this applies to contracts involving EU funding and federal American funding. These contract require several administrative steps before they can be signed. Note that most contracts have to be reviewed by the Legal Affairs Department. Together with the University's Legal Affairs Department, Research Support can help you develop any necessary legal agreements for your project. Make sure to contact us early on in the process. |
Questions regarding intellectual property rights and ownership often have a central place in collaborations between academic researchers and companies and/or other organisations. For most research projects, you as a researcher in Sweden will own the rights to your research results ("professor's privilege"). In cooperation with the Legal Department, UU Innovation and UU Innovation Partnership Office can help you with advice, working models and agreements.
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| PROJECT COORDINATION For larger projects requiring substantial coordination (for example some EU-funded projects), Research Support can guide both research leaders and project coordinators in how to coordinate the project effectively. |
COLLABORATION SUPPORT UU Innovation Partnership Office can provide concrete help to support and strengthen your collaboration with non-academic organisations – from helping to develop consortia agreements including IP management, and proactively identifying potential innovations, to organising workshops and seminars. |
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Generally, you have to submit both a scientific and a financial report of your project. As a researcher, you are responsible for submitting the scientific report at a requested time.
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The scientific report could be required at specific occasions during the project but most commonly it is required when the project has been finished. Note that all reports on projects funded by American federal agencies require the involvement of Research Support. For the financial report, please contact a financial officer at your department. For certain projects (EU, American federal), the financial officer can also contact the University’s Financial Division for advice and assistance. |
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SHARE YOUR RESULTS
When you get results from your project, you need to disseminate them to the scientific community and perhaps also communicate them to the outside society. You may also want to communicate them to the general public. Sometimes you can exploit the results through commercialisation.
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Under communication, you will find other useful tools for disseminating your research. |
COMMUNICATE YOUR RESEARCH Press releases |
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Graphic design The visual guidelines are our tool for strengthening the identity and visibility of Uppsala University as the source of communications. All Uppsala University employees must comply with these graphic guidelines. |
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EXPLOIT YOUR RESEARCH Developing new or improved policies, methods, products or services from your project’s research results can be an excellent way to increase the impact of your research. UU Innovation Partnership Office can provide support in identifying potential innovations and collaboration opportunities, through which your results can be exploited. For advice on how to validate the commercial potential of your results (for example by performing a market analysis or a patentability search), |
The University also has a holding company – UU Invest – that invests in start-up companies developing research based ideas from Uppsala University. |
Have you been granted funding from the EU or American funding agencies?
These funders have particular regulations that you and the university must follow when you receive grants from them. Read more below about what applies to each funder, and make sure to contact Research Support. Research support also offers extra help in managing your grant from these funders.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
– other matters that are important to consider
Research data management
As a researcher at Uppsala University, you have access to support for storing, sharing and publishing research data.
Research conduct and ethics
During the project, you have to make sure that irreproachable procedures are followed and that all necessary ethics approvals and other permits are in place. Read more about what applies in research funded by federal American funders here. Also, when research findings are disseminated and communicated, good research conduct should be considered, for instance, regarding authorship for scientific papers.
Export control in research
Uppsala University is obliged to have the requested permits in place if the University exports, transfers or mediates controlled items with dual-use. Dual-use items include “items, including software and technology, produced for civil use that may also be used in the production of weapons of mass destruction or military equipment.” If you are exporting a dual-use product (physically or electronically) from EU, an export permit is required.