Collaboration Agreement | 5-Page Research Collaboration Planning Tool
A collaboration can start with good intentions and still become difficult when expectations are never made explicit.
Who is responsible for what?
How will decisions be made?
What happens if timelines shift?
How will authorship be discussed?
Who owns the data, materials, or outputs?
The Collaboration Agreement is a 5-page printable planning tool designed to help research collaborators clarify expectations before the work begins.
Rather than waiting for confusion, frustration, or disagreement to surface later, use the tool to discuss roles, communication, decision-making, authorship, ownership, and data practices at the start of a project.
What's Inside — 5 Pages
1. Collaboration Goals & Scope
2. Roles & Responsibilities
3. Communication & Decision-Making
4. Authorship, Ownership & Data Practices
5. Timeline, Review & Next Steps
Clear Expectations Make Collaboration Easier
Strong collaborations are not built only on shared scientific interests.
They also depend on clear agreements about:
Who is doing what
Who has decision authority
How often the team will communicate
How disagreements will be handled
How authorship expectations will be discussed
How data, materials, and shared outputs will be managed
When the agreement should be revisited
Use the Collaboration Agreement when starting a new project, working across labs, beginning an interdisciplinary collaboration, sharing data or materials, planning a joint manuscript, or entering any research partnership where responsibilities and expectations need to be clear.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 5-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
Collaboration Agreement | 5-Page Research Collaboration Planning Tool
A collaboration can start with good intentions and still become difficult when expectations are never made explicit.
Who is responsible for what?
How will decisions be made?
What happens if timelines shift?
How will authorship be discussed?
Who owns the data, materials, or outputs?
The Collaboration Agreement is a 5-page printable planning tool designed to help research collaborators clarify expectations before the work begins.
Rather than waiting for confusion, frustration, or disagreement to surface later, use the tool to discuss roles, communication, decision-making, authorship, ownership, and data practices at the start of a project.
What's Inside — 5 Pages
1. Collaboration Goals & Scope
2. Roles & Responsibilities
3. Communication & Decision-Making
4. Authorship, Ownership & Data Practices
5. Timeline, Review & Next Steps
Clear Expectations Make Collaboration Easier
Strong collaborations are not built only on shared scientific interests.
They also depend on clear agreements about:
Who is doing what
Who has decision authority
How often the team will communicate
How disagreements will be handled
How authorship expectations will be discussed
How data, materials, and shared outputs will be managed
When the agreement should be revisited
Use the Collaboration Agreement when starting a new project, working across labs, beginning an interdisciplinary collaboration, sharing data or materials, planning a joint manuscript, or entering any research partnership where responsibilities and expectations need to be clear.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 5-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
