Ref: TEKNAT 2009/245 Agreement concerning Doctoral Candidate Education Industrial Doctoral Candidate Template in Swedish approved by the Faculty of Science and Technology 28 April 2009 and translated into English by a translator in May 2009 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND 2009-04-28 Dnr TEKNAT 2009/245 1. Parties Party 1: Uppsala University, the Department of XXXXX (hereinafter referred to as UU) Party 2: YYY (hereinafter referred to as the Company) have reached the following agreement on the training of a Doctoral Candidate employed at the Company. 2. The Doctoral Candidate NN (civic registration number) is applying for admission for an education at research level at the Department (hereinafter referred to as the Doctoral Candidate). Research studies should be conducted at least at half-time for a maximum of four years following acceptance to the licentiate degree course of studies and a total of eight years following acceptance for the doctoral examination. 3. Nature of studies and tutoring The Doctoral Candidate will be studying [title of studies]. The intended examination is specified in the individual course of study (appendix). The Tutor at the Department is Professor NN. The Assistant Tutor at the Department is NN. The Tutor and Contact Person at the Company is NN. 4. Scope of the Agreement The agreement consists of this Agreement, together with the individual course of study, which is the basis for admission to the research education. Follow-ups are conducted each year of the individual course of study. 5. The Company´s undertakings The Doctoral Candidate is employed by the Company. The Company is responsible for the Doctoral Candidate's salary during the Agreement period and the Doctoral Candidate shall have the right to devote at the least (XX percent) of his/her working time during the agreement period to his/her research at the Department. No deductions from the Doctoral Candidate's ordinary salary paid by the Company will be made. In addition, the Company undertakes to pay for any expenses the Doctoral Candidate has relating to travel, accommodation and other costs associated with participation in courses, conferences and such like in agreement with the Department and that the Doctoral Candidate has adequate insurance cover even during the part of the work set aside for studies. 2 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND 2009-04-28 Dnr TEKNAT 2009/245 The Company will pay the Department SEK XXX per year including any VAT which will cover costs in connection with the Doctoral Candidate's tutoring and workplace as well as the Department´s infrastructure. The costs should be invoiced by the Department four times per year. 6. The Department´s undertakings For Doctoral activities at the Department, the Department undertakes to provide the customary resources including premises, technical equipment and to ensure that the conditions of service are in accordance with applicable working environment and other provisions within the educational sector. If the Department uses the Doctoral student for work assignments other than his/her own research studies and the length of the educational period is thereby extended, the Department will be responsible for the additional costs. 7. Duration of Agreement and cancellation This Agreement enters into force when it has been signed by all parties and the Doctoral Candidate has been admitted to research studies at the Department and is valid until ddmm-yyyy. The Agreement expires when the studies are completed and the intended examination in accordance with section 2 is thereby achieved. In the event the Doctoral Candidate graduates earlier than expected, the Agreement shall cease to have effect at the end of the term in which the public defense takes place. If the Doctoral Candidate’s research studies are delayed due to reasons specified in Chapter 6, section 36, paragraph 3 of the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), the Agreement is extended for the equivalent amount of time. If anything happens so that one of the parties cannot fulfil its part of the agreement, e.g. the Doctoral Candidate quits of his/her own volition, the right of access to tutoring and other resources will be removed, etc. either party has the right to terminate the Agreement with three months' notice. If either party is substantially in breach of the Agreement and has not, upon written request, taken remedial action within 30 days, the other party owns the right to terminate the Agreement with 5 days notice. Before cancellation, the parties shall, in writing, propose measures to eliminate any nonconformances relating to the Agreement. 3 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND 2009-04-28 Dnr TEKNAT 2009/245 8. Publication The parties are in agreement that the doctoral studies shall result in a thesis and that the Doctoral Candidate has the right to publish the results of the studies in accordance with customary academic praxis. The Company's right to protection of Company secrets must however be observed. At the request of the Company, it should be possible to postpone publication or other dissemination of project results for a period no greater than three months following request for publication so that protection of industrial property rights for the project results can be obtained. The research results may be freely utilised for teaching purposes and in the parties' research and development work. 9. Confidentiality The parties are in agreement that the principle of public access applies for the Department. Exceptions from this are only permitted to the extent that the Official Secrets Act allows. With the above restriction, information concerning the Company which becomes known by the Department as a consequence of this Agreement which is not already publicly known or otherwise known by the Department, shall be treated as confidential and shall not, without Company's written consent, be communicated to third parties or used for any other purposes other than for the implementation of the undertakings in accordance with this Agreement. The above applies during the Agreement period and three (3) years thereafter. 10. Rights to results1 The Doctoral Candidate is employed at the Company and therefore the Company’s rules for inventions, propriety rights and confidentiality shall apply to the results of the student's work with the above restrictions. 1 A separate agreement may be needed for the ownership rights to the results of the project for which the Doctoral Candidate is not the creator. 4 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND 2009-04-28 Dnr TEKNAT 2009/245 11. Force majeure Neither party has any liability to pay compensation to the other if the other party is prevented from performing its obligations due to conditions that could not be foreseen and whose detrimental effects it was not reasonably possible to eliminate. 12. Dispute Disputes in respect of this Agreement shall first be resolved by negotiation between the parties and, secondly, by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s rules for simplified arbitration. The arbitration procedures shall take place in Uppsala. 13. Changes and amendments Changes and amendments to this Agreement must be drawn up in writing and signed by all parties in order to take effect. 14. Approval This Agreement must be approved by the Doctoral Candidate. This Agreement has been drawn up in duplicate, and all parties have a copy; a copy has been given to the Doctoral Candidate and the Tutor. For Uppsala University Name, position Place and date For YYY Name, position Place and date 5 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND 2009-04-28 Has read the above Name, Doctoral Candidate Place and date Name, Tutor Place and date 6 Dnr TEKNAT 2009/245