Delegation of authority for research related agreements

Funding agreements from public research agencies in Sweden

Amounts up to 6,5 MSEK: Head of Department (Prefekt)

Amounts above 6,5 MSEK: Head of School (Skolchef)

Funding agreements from industry partners, other companies, economic associations, non‑profit organizations, foundations, or other private law entities

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

Funding agreements from funders outside the EU and EEA (excluding Switzerland and the United Kingdom)

Vice President for Research

Funding agreements from funders within the EU and EEA, as well as Switzerland and the United Kingdom

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

Project agreement with a party under public law in Sweden, e.g. another higher education institution or a public authority (excluding projects fully or partly funded by the EU, or where two or more KTH schools are involved).

Memorandum of Understanding, Non‑Disclosure Agreements, Data‑Sharing Agreements, Joint Controller Agreements, and Data Processing Agreements within the framework of the delegation above.

Amounts up to 6,5 MSEK: Head of Department (Prefekt)

Amounts above 6,5 MSEK: Head of School (Skolchef)

Sub delegated to the Head of Department

Project agreement with a party under public law party in Sweden, e.g. another higher education institution or a public authority, where two or more KTH schools are involved.

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

Project agreement with higher education institutions under private law in Sweden, such as universities operated in foundation form or research institutes that are state‑owned limited companies (excluding when the project is fully or partly funded by the EU, or where two or more KTH schools are involved).

Memorandum of Understanding, Non‑Disclosure Agreements, Data‑Sharing Agreements, Joint Controller Agreements, and Data Processing Agreements within the framework of the delegation above.

Amounts up to 6,5 MSEK: Head of Department (Prefekt)

Amounts above 6,5 MSEK: Head of School (Skolchef)

Further delegated to the Head of Department

Project agreement with higher education institutions under private law in Sweden, such as universities operated in foundation form or research institutes that are state‑owned limited companies, where two or more KTH schools are involved.

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

[A1] Project agreements or consortium agreements with industry partners, other companies, economic associations, non‑profit organizations, and foundations (but not universities operated in foundation form) within Sweden.

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

Project agreements or consortium agreements with both public‑law and private‑law parties outside the EU and EEA (excluding Switzerland and the United Kingdom).

Vice President for Research

Project agreements or consortium agreements with both public‑law and private‑law parties within the EU and EEA, as well as Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Project agreements or consortium agreements with funding wholly or partly from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and other EU programmes for research and collaboration (but not education agreements, such as Erasmus+).

Head of the Research Support Office (RSO)

Centre agreements

Vice President for Research

Project agreement or consortium agreement within a centre with a higher education institution under private law in Sweden, such as a university operated in foundation form or a research institute that is a state‑owned limited company (according to an approved/attached agreement template to the centre agreement).

Amounts up to 6,5 MSEK: ABE: Head of Department (Prefekt)

CBH: Centre Director

EECS: Centre Director

ITM: Head of Department (Prefekt)

SCI: Centre Director

Amounts above 6,5 MSEK: Head of School (Skolchef)

Project agreement or consortium agreement within a centre with a higher education institution under private law in Sweden, such as a university operated in foundation form or a research institute that is a state‑owned limited company (without an approved/attached agreement template to the centre agreement).

See Collaborative research agreements: Project agreements and consortium agreements.

Memorandum of Understanding, Non‑Disclosure Agreements, Data‑Sharing Agreements, Joint Controller Agreements, and Data Processing Agreements within the framework of the delegation above.

Further delegated to the Head of Department

Contract research with a value of up to 6,5 MSEK that involves only personnel within the same school.
Memorandum of Understanding, Non‑Disclosure Agreements, Data‑Sharing Agreements, Joint Controller Agreements, and Data Processing Agreements within the framework of the delegation above.

Amounts up to 6,5 MSEK: Head of Department (Prefekt)

Contract research with a value exceeding 6,5 MSEK.

Amounts above 6,5 MSEK: Vice President for Research

Contract research involving multiple schools.

Vice President for Research

Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) or Data Transfer Agreements (DTA).

Head of School (Skolchef)

Researcher agreement with an employee within the school, or pre-assigment agreement (föröverlåtelseavtal with an employee within the school and KTH Ventures.

Head of School (Skolchef)

Deciding on matters concerning approval and signing of permit applications, agreements, and other legally binding documents specifically related to the export control of dual‑use items within the school’s operations, provided that the end use is not known to relate to weapons of mass destruction, military purposes, or cyber‑surveillance.

Head of Department (Prefekt)