Research ideas created independently by individual researchers may be proposed to JRI for further development by research groups at JRI. The primary advantage to offloading the project to JRI is that JRI can, in many cases, bring together the expertise required to complete the project, as well as provide the resources required to carry out the work. No input from the researcher proposing the project need be added, though active participation in the project is extremely effective in helping the project along.
In order to create the research groups, the project should be proposed to JRI using a standard format, which may be downloaded at the end of this page. All research projects must be able to be completed within two (2) years time, and must be able to be published at the completion of the project. This is primarily to allow the work to be used in the training process of JRI students.
Property rights to any intellectual property created prior to the beginning of the project are always retained by the proposing party. All intellectual property developed after the creation of the research group in question is considered the joint property of the research group. This group includes the proposing researcher, JRI, any outside experts brought into the project by JRI (all such experts must be approved by the proposing researcher), and any students carrying out the research.
For more information on how to create a JRI private research team, please contact JRI by calling (626) 458-0000 or sending email to JRI staff .
