Research Support

The department of Legal Research Support (LRS) provides support on legal issues regarding (medical) research, including clinical trials, pre-clinical lab research, intellectual property, privacy and EU projects.

Our legal team consists of legal counsels and contract officers. We will provide you with various types of legal services regarding your research projects, including the review and drafting of (medical) research related agreements.

LRS will advise you only on the following agreements:
- Clinical Trial Agreements;
- Consortium Agreements;
- Data Registry Agreements & Data Sharing Agreements;
- IP Assignment;
- Joint Ownership Agreements;
- License Agreements;
- Material Transfer Agreements with commercial parties;
- Research Collaboration Agreements;
- Study Support Agreements.

Other agreements may be arranged between parties with the provided templates without consulting LRS. Please consider the following risk analysis. For the avoidance of any doubt, this risk analysis is not exhaustive and LRS will not take any responsibility for agreements that are not reviewed by LRS.

National Institutes of Health
Please be aware of the recent position of the Board of Directors regarding research grants provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH Grants). Research projects funded by NIH grants will not be supported by LRS or other departments of Research Support. We kindly ask you to take this into consideration when submitting or conducting research proposals.

Need support assessing Knowledge Security in international collaborations?

Are you considering entering into a scientific research collaboration with an international partner, but have concerns about whether such a partnership is advisable or secure?

The LRS team supports with:

• Assessing risks related to knowledge security, such as the protection of sensitive data and technology;
• Ensuring compliance with (European) laws and regulations, including export control and dual-use legislation;
• Reviewing (clinical) collaboration agreements with international partners for knowledge security aspects;
• Providing advice on how to mitigate risks when conducting research involving sensitive technologies or data.

Visit the intranet page on Knowledge security for more information.

Procedure and whom to contact

Contract requests, along with all relevant documents, should be submitted to lrs@amsterdamumc.nl using the intake form NL or intake form EN. Relevant documents may include, for example, a study protocol or project plan, a PB&IB form, a contract received from a third party, and, where applicable, a declaration of approval from the non-WMO review committee or biobank review committee (CTB), among others.

Please be advised that if personal data are processed, transferred, or received in the context of your research, it may be necessary to seek advice from the Privacy & Information Security department by completing the PB&IB form prior to submitting your request to LRS. For further information, please consult the PB&IB website or Procedure Privacy Advice and Agreements

Do you have any questions regarding the signature process of research related agreements which are reviewed by LRS? Please send your question to lrscontractrouting@amsterdamumc.nl.