Researchers applying for grants from Cancer Council SA.

 

Cancer Council SA recognises that intellectual property (“IP”) may be an outcome of research that is funded by Cancer Council grants and that some IP may have commercial value.

Cancer Council SA requires Research Institutions that receive grants from Cancer Council to comply with the National Principles of Intellectual Property Management for Publicly Funded Research.  Research institutions should have appropriate policies for the identification, protection and exploitation of IP.

The use and exploitation of IP, however, should be appropriate, and should not inhibit research and development in the field of cancer control.

Cancer Council recognises that Research Institutions are best placed to manage IP and to determine whether IP is capable of exploitation, and the means of exploitation.  Cancer Council does not seek ownership of IP arising from research funded by grants of Cancer Council.

 

For grants by Cancer Council of $500,000.00 or less, Cancer Council requires a copy of ethics approval for the funded research and a satisfactory annual report at the end of the year of the funding period. For grants in excess of $500,000.00, a more specific agreement may be required, in terms to be agreed between Cancer Council and the Research Institution.