普通高等学校科研合同法律审核的工作思考

Consideration on legal review of scientific research contracts in universities

目的为普通高等学校科研合同法律审核工作提供参考意见.方法通过制定检索词及检索策略,与法务人员访谈,分析普通高等学校科研合同法律审核工作.结果总结现行普通高等学校科研合同法律审核工作的普遍经验,包括划分校内审核权限、规范签约主体、明确管理红线等;并总结存在的问题,包括人员法律专业性不足、合同文本法律风险凸显、合同审核系统缺乏、专利申报和技术转化率低、合作方履约能力不确定等.结论建议普通高等学校提高人员法律专业水平、推行合同范本、建立合同审核系统、加强专利申报和技术转化的法律保护、关注合作方基本情况等,以加强科研合同的法律审核工作,进一步推进依法治校.

Objective This paper explored to provide suggestions for the legal review of scientific research contracts in universities.Methods Besides defines of the searching terms and methods,selected legal staff were also interviewed to analyze the legal audit of scientific research contracts in universities.Results This paper summarizes the general experiences of the legal audit of scientific research contracts in universities,including the division of the audit authority,the standardization of the signing subjects,clear the scope of management.Identified problems include insufficient legal expertise of personnel,legal risks of contract text,lack of contracts review system,low patent application and technology conversion rate,and uncertain performance ability of the partners.Conclusions The paper suggests that universities should improve the legal professional level of auditors,develop more standardized contract template,establish contract review systems,increase legal protection for patent applications and technology transformation,and pay attention to the partners,in the long run to strengthen the legal review of scientific research contracts and further promote the administration of universities with regulatory compliance.