Collaboration Agreements Overview

For CERN to be able to host a cooperation associate or project associate, an agreement is required between CERN and the institute, defining the extent of their collaboration.
The agreement must be concluded with an institute established in a Member State, an Associate Member State (for the purposes of this procedure, Romania, Candidate for Accession, is considered to be an Associate Member State) or a non-Member State.

N.B.: Contracts types:
– KR contracts: agreements generating revenue for CERN;
– KE contracts: agreements generating expenses for CERN;
– KM contracts: agreements generating revenues and expenses deriving from the same transaction;
– KN contracts: agreements with no cash flow;
– KC contracts: non-disclosure agreements.

For more information, please refer to the Collaboration Agreements chapter in the Admin e-Guide.