Service Agreement

Our Process for Establishing Service Agreements
 

• Timeline to completion: 
  3-4 weeks using Dalhousie’s template agreement. If substantial negotiations are required, longer timelines can be expected.
  
  
• Parties involved: 
  OCIE manager, faculty members, industry partner
  
  
• Download the template for a Service Agreement  [PDF 132 KB]

A Service Agreement is used when a company pays for the services of a research laboratory. In these cases, the industry partner typically defines the scope of work. Service Agreements differ from Research Collaboration Agreements because there's no intent to generate intellectual property or publish research findings as a result of activity outlined in a Service Agreement. Instead, those involved are either applying existing knowledge to a particular problem or generating data of limited application. Established methods, protocols, tools, and expertise are used to accomplish a very specific goal.

*An OCIE Manager will assist in navigating the process map below.