The Research Agreements (RA) team helps York researchers engage with external partners, providing support to draft, review, negotiate and execute various types of research agreements and contracts. We also ensure all research activity performed is in compliance with University policies.
Types of Research Agreements
Non-Funding
An agreement that allows for the facilitation of research, but does not involve money.
Funding
An agreement that allows for the transfer of money from the government, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, or industry for academic research projects.
Subgrant
An agreement that allows for the transfer of money from the university to other academic institutions or non-profit organizations (this excludes the transfer of tri-council grant funding, which is completed by the Grants & Applications unit)
The Process
Step 1
Identify an external partner
Step 3
Agreement is drafted/reviewed by our team
Step 4
Agreement is approved by signing officer and principle investigator
Approval Required
All research agreements must be signed by the appropriate signing authority in the Office of the Vice President, Research & Innovation:
- Vice-President, Research & Innovation
- Associate Vice-President, Research (2)
- Executive Director, Research & Innovation Services
For more information on the approvals required click here.
If you have identified a partner that you are interested in working with, please contact the Research Agreements Unit as soon as possible to learn how we can best support you.
Click here to get in touch with us.