Collaborative Research

There are many cooperative relationships with external organizations at the University of Groningen. These collaborations can involve joint research with and within the professional field. Starting a collaborative project can be challenging, and it is often hard to oversee and address all responsibilities of the partners involved in the project. This guidance focuses on clarifying responsibilities within a collaboration, making agreements with your collaboration partner, and finding the right support in setting up the collaboration.

Setting up a collaboration can take time and effort depending on the complexity of the collaboration (e.g. multiple collaboration partners), the type of data (e.g. processing with special categories of personal data), the organization with whom you collaborate, and whether or not students are involved. By documenting the agreements about working with personal data in a data management plan, responsibilities are clear for everyone. In addition, this makes efficient and responsible cooperation possible.

If you are not sure whether you should start a collaboration according to this scenario, please contact the DCC as soon as possible (dcc rug.nl). They can help you to assess your project and work with you to determine the agreements you need to make with your collaboration partner.