Criteria for evaluating conflicts of interest in special cases
| The funded research has been taken out under a written agreement that is signed by a legal representative of the research organisation to which the researchers are affiliated. Within this contract, it should be made explicit that … | |
| 1 | The total amount of funding is predetermined and unconditional: its provision is not dependent on the consequences of the research project. |
| 2 | The funding party cannot influence the research design and methodology of the research project. |
| 2 | The funding party cannot influence which outcomes of the research project (ie, data, code, publications, hardware) can be disseminated, and how they are disseminated. |
| 3 | The research project must comply with national and institutional guidelines for research integrity. |
| 4 | The outcomes of the research project can be shared publicly under an open licence or become the property of the research organisation. |
| 5 | The funding party can be mentioned in communication about the research project without permission. |
| 6 | The funding party can only mention the affiliation with the research organisation or researcher in external communication on approval of the researcher. |
| 7 | Non-disclosure clauses cannot have consequences for the possibility to disseminate the conclusions drawn from the research project. |