We support the following agreements where they arise from R&I managed funded research, impact and innovation projects:

• Collaboration agreements
• Overseas and UK research consulting supplier services
• Funder agreements and Head Terms
• Research related Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Data access agreements originating from the Data Library (including dataset subscriptions)  
• Memoranda of Understanding for research and research related activity 
• Innovation Agreements and legal matters 
• Standalone intellectual property licensing and assignment agreements
• Articles for company incorporation
• LSE Enterprise Consulting Agreements Software development agreements 
• Externally sponsored PhD studentships 

Explore our bank precedents below for drafts of available agreement types.

Academic Collaboration Templates

• LSE UK Academic Collaboration Two-Party Agreement
• LSE International Academic Collaboration Two-Party Agreement Template
• LSE International Academic Collaboration Multi-party Agreement Template
• LSE Internal Funds Academic Collaboration Agreement Template 
• LSE Amendment to Two-Party Collaboration Agreement Template
• LSE Amendment to Multi-Party Collaboration Agreement Template

Supplier Consultancy Templates

• LSE UK Consultancy Agreement Template
• LSE Overseas Consultancy Agreement Template
• LSE Amendment to Consultancy Agreement Template

Our Contracts Team has responsibility for and is delegated by LSE to supply professional legal and contractual research services and support to every constituency. View full details of our Contracts Process including team roles and responsibilities here.

Our Research Impact, Research Development and Research Awards Managers remain the main point of contact with LSE academics, researchers and their teams. Please liaise with your unit's R&I contact to arrange any agreement(s) for your partnerships.

We require a base level of information to effectively draft a research or innovation contract. Please provide the following information for all requests:

• Third party name(s)
• Third party contact details
• Type of contract(s)
• Details of the relationship including scope of work, duration, budget available and all associated documentation. 

We aim to respond within the following times:

• First substantive response (i.e., a review of terms, a draft agreement, or other contractual response): within 10 working days of receipt of a full request
• Any subsequent contractual response: within 5 working days of receipt

The overall time from initiation to signature of a research or innovation contract can vary from a few working days to multiple months, which should be built into project timelines. It is important to engage our team as soon as possible to avoid delays to your activities.

The average turnaround time for completion of a research contract is 49 days. More complex matters may take this length of time or longer and straightforward matters may take considerably less time.