Contract research, contract for work and services

• Purpose defined by the client and defined path of implementation
• Goal-oriented, open-ended
• Success not guaranteed
• Full costs
• Standard market remuneration for the granting (license, transfer) of KIT IP rights
• No commissioning of academic theses, e.g. doctoral or master's theses

Special feature

• Work and service contracts (result owed)

Examples 

• Research/development order according to the client's specification
• Characterization of materials/samples provided by the client according to previously defined criteria
• Simulations using KIT software
• Special feature: Development of software according to specifications.

Research cooperation

• Joint conception and implementation,
• Contributions from both parties
• Application purpose not known in detail
• Implementation not defined in detail
• Open-ended, open-ended
• Shared results and risks
• Academic theses e.g. doctoral or master's theses possible
• In principle, each partner bears its own costs
• Rights to R&D results of employees remain with the respective partners
• Licensing or transfer of IP by KIT at standard market conditions

Example

Cooperation in the field of open-ended basic research, possibly with implementation of an academic thesis, e.g. doctoral or master's thesis

Publicly funded research cooperation

• Special form of research cooperation
• open-ended
• Research work in cooperation with one or more partners
• At least one of the partners receives public funding
• Performance is defined by project application, grant notification or guidelines
• Rights to R&D results of employees generally remain with the respective partners, unless otherwise stipulated in the funding guidelines. 
• Licensing or transfer of IP by KIT at standard market conditions, unless otherwise stipulated in the funding guidelines.

Example

BMBF-/ BMWI-/EU-funded project with KIT as funding recipient