Confidentiality

虽然预计研究结果将会发表, care must be taken with three types of information gathered or developed during the course of research: (1) personal and private information about identifiable individuals — often an issue in clinical and social science research; (2) industry know-how, trade secrets and proprietary information provided by sponsors — of concern in both Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) and Industry Sponsored Research Agreements (ISRAs); and (3) business information such as office manuals and procedures — often an issue in service contracts.

Agreements to accept confidential information need not involve funding; for example, 访问数据集可能需要签署保密协议. 在某些情况下，个人可能会接受大学无法接受的机密信息. 任何涉及学校接受保密信息的协议在签署之前，都应由大学技术转让办公室(OTT)批准. 通常与接受保密信息相关的关键谈判问题包括:

• PI能不妥协地进行研究吗?
• 其他365滚球官网是否能够验证和/或复制研究结果?
• 项目负责人和参与项目的学生是否可以自由发表他们的研究成果?
• 对大学的财政有不利影响吗?