Process
01 Apply for Registration
Applicants should submit the following documents to the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) for registration of the proposals: (please scroll to the bottom of the page to fill out the form and download the template)
1. Fill out the Collaboration registration form.
2. Upload the proposal with the CIC PowerPoint template below. (for reference)
After receiving the above documents from the applicant, we will conduct a feasibility assessment and submit the proposal to the Advisory Committee for review.
If you have any questions about registration, don't hesitate to get in touch with Kevin Chou Ph.D. (Mail to: kevinchou@mail.ncku.edu.tw)
02 Preliminary Communication and Confidentiality Agreement
After receiving an application for registration of a proposal, we will invite the applicant to a meeting for feasibility assessment to understand the applicant's idea.
It will sign a Confidentiality Agreement to protect the confidentiality of information provided at the meeting.
Unless the applicant signs the confidentiality agreement, we shall keep NCKUH's strictly confidential to the applicant.
03 Preparation of Contract Documents
After review and recommendation by the Industry-University Cooperation Review Committee and then is approved by the superintendent of the NCKUH:
1. both parties may sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) first and then sign the Industrial-Academic Collaboration Project Agreement after finalizing the details of the cooperation and producing the Research Proposal.
2. However, if both parties have reached an understanding and are ready to move forward, they can sign the Collaboration Agreement directly after producing the Research Proposal.
3. Based on collaboration mode and intellectual property rights vesting, NCKUH will select the applicable template of the Collaboration Agreement.
4. The participants of the NCKUH will sign the Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form.
04 Treaty-Making Process
When negotiating with the Confidentiality Agreement and Collaboration Agreement:
1. According to the result of the negotiation between both parties, the Department of Legal Affairs of NCKUH will fill in the necessary information in the contract template and then request the applicant to review it.
2. If the applicant has any comments and revisions, please revise it by Track Changes in Microsoft Word and then provide it to our Department of Legal Affairs for review and confirmation.
3. If the applicant wishes to use its version, it shall provide an electronic file for the NCKUH to review and confirm.
4. Both parties will sign the contract after the confirmation.
5. When the applicant completes their seal process, send the agreement to the NCKUH to obtain our seal. NCKUH will provide it with all official seals and signatures for the applicant.
05 Implementation of the collaboration project
1. Following the schedule stipulated in the Research Proposal, both parties will implement the project and may hold meetings to discuss the project.
2. We will organize the exhibition of the results together after the agreement of both parties.
06 Documents related to the collaboration project
1. In principle, the documents related to the cooperation case should use NCKUH's template.
2. The following template files related to this process are for your reference.
Application for registration
07 Workflow of Application
