The project

1.1.The Company will allow the Student to attend one or more of its research establishments for a minimum of three months during and for the purpose of the Project. The periods of such attendance will be scheduled by mutual agreement. The Student undertakes to comply with all works rules and safety and other regulations communicated to him/her by the Company and which the Company may reasonably prescribe during those periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the Student will not be an employee of the Company during such periods and the Company will not require the Student to sign any contract of employment or other such legally binding agreement. However, the Company may require the Student to sign a confidentiality agreement which does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement.

1.1.The University, through the Academic Supervisor and the Student, shall keep the Company informed of the progress of the Project at meetings held at intervals of not more than six (6) months, or as otherwise agreed by the University and the Company. At the reasonable request of the Company, the University, through the Academic Supervisor and the Student, shall supplement the meetings with written reports, and the Student shall provide the Company with a bound copy of any thesis prepared by the Student on the Project (the “Thesis”).

1.1.The University will use its reasonable endeavours to provide adequate facilities; to obtain any requisite materials, equipment and personnel; and to carry out the Project diligently within the scope allowed by the funding provided by the Company pursuant to Clause 3. Although the University will use its reasonable endeavours to perform the research described in the First Schedule, the University does not undertake that the work carried out under or pursuant to this Agreement will lead to any particular result, nor is the success of such work guaranteed.

1.1.The Project shall run for the period (the “Project Period”) from and including [START DATE] for a period of [DURATION] months.

1.1.The Project will be conducted mainly in laboratories of the University, under the supervision of the Academic Supervisor, and partly in the laboratories of the Company, under the supervision of the Industrial Supervisor.