Building Successful Scientific Collaborations
Successful collaborations don't just happen. NIH has found that discussing expectations at the outset of a collaboration significantly improves the likelihood of success. NIH ombudsman Howard Gadlin provided practical tools in use at NIH for our use.
Collaboration and Team Science: A Field Guide
This NIH guide describes the challenges and gives advice on how to put together a science team that can work together successfully.
Partnering Agreement Template
Another challenge is to clarify expectations among peers on a grant or scientific project. Collaborators should discuss the issues that predictably cause conflict on scientific teams.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Forms & Model Agreements
- Collaboration agreement developed by: L. Michelle Bennett, Michael O’Rourke, and Edgar Cardenas
Welcome to My Research Group/Lab Templates
A written statement of expectations about how to work in a lab or on a project can be helpful. One example is a welcome letter: