Principal Investigator Agreement
Governance, Liability, Confidentiality and Sign-off Authority Agreement (v1.1)
Contracting party: Alexander A. Solovev, trading as NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute ABN: 60 349 600 938 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contact: founder@nanotriz.com Website: www.nanotriz.com Version: v1.1 Effective date: [DD Month YYYY] Supersedes: v1.0
Status: Active agreement for all appointed Project Principal Investigators (Final Sign-off Authority).
0. Acceptance, contracting party, and binding effect
0.1 Who you are contracting with
This Agreement is between Alexander A. Solovev, trading as NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute ("NanoTRIZ", "the Institute", "we", "us") and the appointed Project Principal Investigator ("Project PI", "you").
NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute is a registered business name, not a separate legal entity. It has no legal personality distinct from its operator. Any agreement is entered into with Alexander A. Solovev individually.
0.2 The Institute Director
References in this Agreement to the "Institute Director" are references to Alexander A. Solovev. You acknowledge that NanoTRIZ currently has no decision-making body independent of him, and that escalation under Sections 7.3, 10.4 and 14 is therefore to the same person who is the contracting party and the recipient of programme and project revenue. Section 15B sets out external avenues available to you, which may be used at any time and without first raising the matter internally.
0.3 Acceptance
By accepting a Project PI appointment under Section 17, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with this Agreement. If you do not agree, you must not act as a Project PI or exercise sign-off authority within NanoTRIZ.
0.4 Purpose
This Agreement establishes an audit-ready governance standard for scientific integrity, documented AI use, publication readiness, confidentiality, controlled public communications, and project governance accountability.
0.5 Related documents
This Agreement should be read with the NanoTRIZ Terms of Participation, the Schedule of Internal Designations, the Project Roles page, and the Research Integrity Principles. Where this Agreement and those documents conflict, this Agreement prevails for matters within a Project PI's authority; the Terms of Participation prevail for matters concerning participants.
0.6 Publication and deep links
This Agreement is published at https://www.nanotriz.com/project-principal-investigator-agreement and includes anchored sections referenced in the appointment form: Appointment Terms (Section 3), Compensation Model (Section 3.4), Liability (Section 15A), IP Policy (Section 10).
1. Purpose and role intent
The Project Principal Investigator role is the highest point of scientific responsibility within a defined NanoTRIZ project. A Project PI is a quality gate for defined categories of research outputs and public claims.
The role exists to ensure that research produced within a NanoTRIZ project is scientifically defensible and methodologically sound; ethically produced, including documented AI use; properly documented and reproducible at a level appropriate to the claim; and released externally only after due diligence.
The role is project-bound. A Project PI appointment exists only in relation to a specific, named project with defined start and end dates. NanoTRIZ does not confer standing scientific titles independent of a project. Section 11.4 governs how the role may be described publicly.
Institutional context. NanoTRIZ is not a university, not a TEQSA-registered higher education provider, not an ASQA-registered training organisation, and not a CRICOS-registered provider. It awards no degrees and provides no accredited supervision. Project PI authority applies to NanoTRIZ projects and internal governance only.
2. Definitions
"Appointment" means your Project PI appointment for a named project, with Final Sign-off Authority.
"Final Sign-off Authority" means the authority to approve or block defined outputs and releases under Sections 5 and 6.
"Project" means the named NanoTRIZ research, engineering, publication, tool, dataset, workflow, or collaboration stream identified in your appointment.
"Contributors" means participants holding a designation under the Schedule of Internal Designations, together with advisors, contractors, and any other individuals producing artefacts under a Project.
"Research Artefacts" means documented work products including evidence maps, annotated bibliographies, drafts, protocols, analysis notebooks, code repositories, datasets, experiment logs, figures, revision histories, reproducibility notes, and sign-off records.
"Institute Resources" means NanoTRIZ repositories, internal tooling (including the internal AI workspace referred to as the AI Cabinet, being the set of NanoTRIZ-approved AI tools and their access controls), private datasets, internal documentation, credentials, compute resources, proprietary methodologies, roadmaps, and internal architecture.
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information relating to NanoTRIZ, its Projects, Contributors, technology, data, roadmaps, business strategies, internal discussions, or partner information.
"Public Release" means any external distribution or disclosure, including preprints, journal submissions, conference abstracts, slides, posters, public talks, demonstrations to third parties, press statements, marketing claims, website claims, social media posts, or investor discussions containing research or performance claims.
"External Party" means any non-NanoTRIZ individual or organisation, including universities, companies, investors, media, contractors, and partners.
"Sensitive Data" means personal data, data relating to minors, confidential partner data, proprietary datasets, health or genetic data, or any information requiring heightened access controls.
"Background IP" means intellectual property owned by you before appointment or developed independently of it.
"Project IP" means intellectual property created within a Project or using Institute Resources.
3. Appointment, term, status, and conditions
3.1 Appointment and term
Your appointment as Project Principal Investigator for [Project Name] begins on [Start Date] and continues until [End Date], unless renewed in writing or suspended or terminated under Section 14. The appointment lapses on the end date without further notice.
3.2 Non-employment
Unless NanoTRIZ issues a separate written employment or consultancy agreement, your appointment does not create employment, does not create wages, salary, superannuation entitlements, or benefits, and does not create authority to bind NanoTRIZ legally.
3.3 Status determination
Employment, contractor, or voluntary status is determined by the applicable agreement, the practical nature of the relationship, and Australian law, not by the role title or by Section 3.2 alone. Any payment is made under a separate written contractor or consultancy agreement addressing scope, invoicing, tax, and superannuation where applicable.
3.4 Merit-based compensation (non-salaried, variable, not guaranteed)
This appointment is non-salaried. Subject to project schedules and separate written agreements, a Project PI may be eligible to generate income through:
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Commercial contracts. Where a Project PI secures or leads a commercial R&D contract administered through NanoTRIZ, the Project PI may be entitled to a negotiated percentage of net project revenue, as defined in the relevant project schedule or services agreement.
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Supervision stipends. Where NanoTRIZ operates fee-paying programmes, a Project PI supervising those programmes may be eligible for a supervision stipend derived from programme fees, subject to the current disbursement policy.
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Externally funded work, where NanoTRIZ is eligible under the relevant funding rules. See Section 3.7.
No guaranteed minimum. All compensation under this model is variable, performance-dependent, and not guaranteed. Any payment requires a separate written agreement.
Disclosure obligation. Where you are remunerated from programme fees paid by participants you supervise, you hold a financial interest in those participants' continued enrolment. Section 9 and Section 5.5 apply, and the Research Integrity Principles require this relationship to be disclosed to any receiving journal or venue.
3.5 Conditions of appointment
Appointment requires:
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a signed written agreement identifying the named project, its dates, and your scope;
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written confirmation that your primary employer or institution permits the role and any remuneration under it, and does not claim rights in work produced under it;
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where the role involves supervision of participants under 18, the child-related screening applicable in Queensland and any equivalent requirement in your own jurisdiction; and
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a completed conflict-of-interest disclosure under Appendix B.
NanoTRIZ will not activate sign-off authority before items 1 to 4 are on file.
3.6 Revocation and resignation
NanoTRIZ may revoke or suspend sign-off authority for governance reasons, integrity risk, security concerns, conflict-of-interest breach, or material non-compliance, under Section 14. You may resign on 14 days' notice, or immediately where urgent risk requires faster transition.
3.7 Grant administration
NanoTRIZ currently operates as a sole trader and is not an eligible administering organisation for Australian Research Council or National Health and Medical Research Council funding. Section 3.4 applies only to funding schemes for which NanoTRIZ is actually eligible under the relevant rules. You must not represent NanoTRIZ as an eligible administering organisation for any scheme without written confirmation that it is.
4. Project PI mandate
As Project PI, you agree to act as the scientific integrity gate for your named project. You will:
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enforce research integrity and documented AI standards;
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maintain documentation quality gates;
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ensure major claims are defensible and properly referenced;
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prevent premature or misleading Public Release;
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ensure authorship recognition aligns with documented contributions, subject to Section 5.5;
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ensure that, for any supervised participant whose project may contribute to work submitted for academic assessment, the written institutional authorisation required by the Terms of Participation is on file before work proceeds;
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manage conflicts of interest appropriately; and
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maintain an audit trail of sign-off decisions.
You agree to exercise this authority in good faith, professionally, and with fairness.
5. Scope of authority
5.1 Final approvals
Subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.5, the Project PI has final sign-off authority over:
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Scientific methodology and validity. Whether methods, assumptions, and analyses meet research-grade standards appropriate to the Project.
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Submission readiness. Whether a manuscript or preprint is internally ready to submit from a scientific integrity perspective.
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Public Release of research claims. Whether results, performance claims, benchmarks, or conclusions may be released publicly under NanoTRIZ channels.
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Integrity compliance. Confirmation that reasonable checks were performed for plagiarism, fabricated data, falsified citations, and improper image manipulation.
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Authorship and contribution verification. Whether an individual's authorship claim matches documented contributions and policy.
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Reproducibility readiness. Whether data provenance, analysis traceability, and documentation are sufficient for the stated level of claim.
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External collaboration boundaries. Approval of external collaboration activity within policy, subject to Section 5.2 for any legal commitment.
5.2 Reserved powers
The Project PI is not authorised to bind NanoTRIZ legally, or to approve the following without written approval from the Institute Director:
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signing contracts, including non-disclosure, licensing, commercial, equity or option, employment, or consultancy agreements;
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transferring, licensing, or assigning Institute IP, unless delegated in writing;
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public statements about funding, institutional endorsements, partnerships, or government claims;
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sharing partner-provided confidential datasets or third-party restricted data;
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any press or media statement on behalf of NanoTRIZ;
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any supervision structure involving participants under 18 outside the safeguarding process.
5.3 Delegation
You may delegate review tasks to qualified reviewers, but you retain responsibility for final sign-off decisions, delegations must be documented, and you remain accountable for audit trail completeness.
5.4 Effect of a block
A decision by the Project PI to block a Public Release may not be overridden by the Institute Director. Where the Institute Director disagrees, the only available paths are:
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referral to an independent external reviewer agreed by both parties, whose written assessment is recorded in the audit trail; or
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abandonment of the release.
A blocked release is recorded with the reason and the date. This Section exists because the Institute Director holds a financial interest in NanoTRIZ output; a gate that the interested party can open is not a gate.
5.5 Recusal on your own authorship
Where you are, or expect to be, an author of an output, you must not exercise sign-off authority over authorship or contribution verification for that output. The decision is referred to another Project PI or to an independent external reviewer, and the referral is recorded. The same applies to any decision affecting a participant from whose fees you are remunerated, where that decision could reasonably be influenced by that interest.
6. Scientific accountability standard
When you provide sign-off, you are not providing a legal warranty of truth. You confirm that you have conducted reasonable scientific due diligence consistent with the Project's maturity and risk level, including that:
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core claims and conclusions are not knowingly false or misleading;
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citations and sources appear credible and relevant, and are not fabricated;
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data, plots, and images are not knowingly manipulated deceptively;
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any AI involvement is consistent with NanoTRIZ standards and disclosure rules; and
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the output meets NanoTRIZ integrity thresholds for the intended release level, whether internal, preprint, journal submission, or public claim.
Where a claim depends on assumptions, limitations, or unresolved uncertainties, these must be disclosed in the draft or release.
7. Research integrity and AI
7.1 Prohibitions
The following are prohibited within NanoTRIZ Projects: fabrication of data or results; falsification or selective reporting presented as complete; plagiarism; fabricated citations or misrepresented sources; misrepresentation of affiliation, credentials, or authorship; and listing AI tools as authors.
7.2 AI use
AI tools may be used to support defined research tasks, but AI tools cannot be authors; AI use must not conceal plagiarism, fabricated citations, or fabricated data; and AI assistance must be disclosed where required by NanoTRIZ policy or target venue rules. NanoTRIZ maintains an internal record of substantive AI use in each Project.
7.3 Allegations and corrective action
Where scientific misconduct is suspected, the Project PI must pause Public Release and escalate promptly to the Institute Director. Corrective action may include retraction, revision, removal of individuals, or revocation of roles. NanoTRIZ may publish corrections where required to preserve integrity. Where an allegation concerns the Institute Director, Section 15B applies and you are not required to escalate internally first.
8. Confidentiality and data protection
8.1 You must keep all Confidential Information strictly confidential and use it only for NanoTRIZ purposes.
8.2 You must not share, publish, open-source, distribute, or disclose Institute code, data, documentation, or architecture without prior written permission from the Institute Director.
8.3 You agree to use strong authentication including two-factor where available, keep credentials private, avoid sharing sensitive materials outside approved systems, and report any security incident or suspected breach promptly.
8.4 Where you have access to Sensitive Data or any data relating to minors, you must follow the safeguarding and data-handling rules, must not export, redistribute, or store such data in unapproved systems, and must promptly report any breach or risk.
8.5 Confidentiality obligations survive the end of your appointment.
8.6 Personal information handled under this Agreement is subject to the NanoTRIZ Privacy Policy. Where you are located outside Australia, you acknowledge that participant data may be disclosed to you for the purpose of supervision, and you agree to handle it in accordance with that policy and any applicable law in your own jurisdiction.
9. Conflicts of interest
You must disclose any actual or potential conflict that could bias sign-off decisions or create IP conflicts, including employer or university affiliations, funding ties, equity interests in overlapping ventures, remuneration derived from the fees of participants you supervise, and supervision or personal relationships that could bias authorship decisions.
Disclosure is made using Appendix B on appointment and updated whenever circumstances change. Where a conflict exists, NanoTRIZ may require recusal from specific decisions and may reassign sign-off authority for that Project.
10. Intellectual property and invention disclosure
10.1 Stewardship
You are responsible for ensuring Contributors under your supervision follow NanoTRIZ policies on authorship, documentation, disclosure of inventions, and controlled release of potentially patentable material.
10.2 Relationship with your own institution
NanoTRIZ Project work performed within a Project and using Institute Resources is governed by NanoTRIZ policies. You acknowledge that your primary employer or university may have separate IP and conflict policies that apply to you. Accordingly you agree to comply with your own institutional obligations, to disclose relevant constraints where they may affect Project scope, authorship, or IP, and to accept that NanoTRIZ may require written clearance or re-scope work to reduce conflict risk.
10.3 Your contributions
Where you materially contribute code, designs, inventions, or other substantive Project work, your contribution may be treated as Project IP under the applicable project agreement. Your Background IP remains yours unless you intentionally incorporate it into a Project, in which case licensing or assignment documentation is required before incorporation.
10.4 Invention disclosure
Where a result appears patentable or commercially sensitive, you agree to flag it promptly to the Institute Director, avoid Public Release until a decision is made between patent, publish, and trade secret, and document inventorship contributions. A decision to delay publication must be made within [N] days of disclosure; if no decision is recorded within that period, the Project PI may proceed under Section 5.1. Any commercialisation, equity, or revenue share requires a separate written agreement, and could arise only through a suitable incorporated entity.
11. Publication, communications, and public representation
11.1 Any Public Release containing research claims, performance claims, benchmark claims, or scientific conclusions requires Project PI sign-off.
11.2 Affiliation wording must be consistent with the Terms of Participation. Use of NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute as a publication affiliation requires separate written approval and is granted per research output. Use of third-party logos, university branding, or implied endorsements is prohibited unless permission exists.
11.3 Press statements or media engagement on behalf of NanoTRIZ require written approval by the Institute Director.
11.4 How the role may be described publicly
The role is project-bound, and every public listing must state the project and the dates. The required form is:
Project Principal Investigator, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project Name], [Month Year – Month Year]
The title must not be shortened to "Principal Investigator", "PI at NanoTRIZ", or any form that omits the project or the dates, and must not be listed in a way that implies a standing appointment, employment, faculty rank, or permanent institutional affiliation.
Where you are remunerated as an independent contractor, "(Independent Contractor)" may be added. Where your work is performed outside Australia, "(Remote)" should be added.
NanoTRIZ may withdraw a designation where an appointment ends, is not performed as documented, or where public use is inconsistent with this Section. Withdrawal includes a request to remove the listing from personal profiles and CVs.
NanoTRIZ lists your name, image, role, or project information in public material only with your prior written approval for the specific use and wording.
12. Sign-off workflow and audit trail
12.1 Sign-off must be recorded in durable written form: a platform sign-off record, or an email approval carrying a document ID and version.
12.2 For any external submission or Public Release, sign-off must confirm the presence, as applicable, of: an evidence map or literature backbone; data provenance and source traceability; reproducibility notes covering methods, parameters, code version, and environment; an AI disclosure statement; a conflict-of-interest disclosure statement; and an authorship justification or contribution record recorded using CRediT roles.
12.3 NanoTRIZ retains sign-off records and governance logs for [N] years after a Project ends, for audit and integrity purposes.
13. Access and acceptable use
13.1 Access is granted on a least-privilege basis. Sensitive datasets or partner data may require additional approval.
13.2 You must not export confidential datasets outside approved systems, share credentials, introduce unapproved third-party storage of confidential material, or bypass governance controls for Public Release.
14. Suspension, termination, and handover
14.1 NanoTRIZ may suspend sign-off authority immediately where required to manage integrity, security, legal or compliance, conflict-of-interest, or misconduct risk.
14.2 Termination may occur for material non-compliance, misconduct, repeated governance failure, or resignation. Where termination is for a reason other than misconduct, NanoTRIZ will give written notice of the concern and a reasonable opportunity to respond before terminating.
14.3 On exit, you agree to return or delete Confidential Information as requested, cooperate with access revocation, and hand over pending reviews and governance notes. NanoTRIZ will remove your name, image, and role from its website and public materials within [N] days of the appointment ending, and you agree to update your own public listings to reflect the end date.
14.4 Sections 8, 9, 10, 11.4, 15A, 15B, and 16 survive termination.
15. Disclaimers and boundaries
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The Project PI is not authorised to bind NanoTRIZ legally unless explicitly delegated in writing.
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Sign-off decisions are internal governance decisions, not public warranties.
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NanoTRIZ does not guarantee publication, funding, or commercialisation outcomes.
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NanoTRIZ is not a TEQSA-registered higher education provider, awards no degrees, and provides no accredited supervision.
15A. Liability and insurance
15A.1 Sign-off is an internal governance act. It is not a representation or warranty to any third party, and it does not transfer to you responsibility for the accuracy of a Contributor's underlying work.
15A.2 To the extent permitted by law, your liability to NanoTRIZ arising from the good-faith exercise of sign-off authority is limited to [amount, or: the total fees paid to you under this Agreement]. This limit does not apply to your own fraud, wilful misconduct, or breach of Section 8.
15A.3 To the extent permitted by law, NanoTRIZ's liability to you arising from this Agreement is limited to [amount, or: the total fees payable to you under this Agreement].
15A.4 You are not required to indemnify NanoTRIZ against claims arising from NanoTRIZ's own acts or omissions.
15A.5 Insurance. NanoTRIZ [does / does not] hold professional indemnity insurance covering activities under this Agreement. [If it does not: NanoTRIZ's current structure provides no such cover, and you are responsible for determining whether you require your own. You should obtain your own advice before accepting this appointment.]
15A.6 Nothing in this Section limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or under the Australian Consumer Law where it cannot be excluded.
15B. External avenues
Because NanoTRIZ currently operates as a sole trader, no internal review channel independent of the Institute Director exists. A concern about research integrity, authorship, conduct, participant safety, or the conduct of the Institute Director may be raised at any time, and without first raising it internally, with:
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the receiving journal, publisher, or conference;
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the participant's school or university, or your own institution;
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the relevant Australian consumer-protection or privacy authority; or
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for online-safety matters concerning a person under 18, the Australian eSafety Commissioner.
Raising a concern through any of these avenues is not a breach of Section 8.
16. Governing law and dispute resolution
This Agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. Disputes follow a staged pathway:
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good-faith negotiation between the parties;
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mediation, administered by a mediator agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, appointed by the Queensland Law Society, with costs shared equally; then
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the courts of competent jurisdiction in Queensland, Australia.
Nothing in this Section prevents a party from seeking urgent injunctive relief, exercising a statutory right, or contacting a regulator.
If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
17. Acceptance
Option A — Clickwrap. By checking the required boxes on the NanoTRIZ appointment form and submitting it, you agree to be bound by this Agreement v1.1, including the Appointment Terms (Section 3), Compensation Model (Section 3.4), Liability (Section 15A), and IP Policy (Section 10).
Option B — Email. Reply to the appointment email confirming that you accept the appointment as Project Principal Investigator for the named project and agree to this Agreement v1.1 as published.
Option C — Signature.
Project: ___________________________
Full name: ___________________________
Signature: ___________________________
Date: ___________________________
Appendix A — Sign-off checklist
Before approving external submission or Public Release, confirm:
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Claims are supported by evidence; limitations are stated.
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Sources are real, relevant, and properly cited.
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Reasonable checks for plagiarism and uncredited reuse have been performed.
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Data provenance is known; figures are not misleading; no deceptive edits.
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Methods and analysis are reproducible at the intended release level.
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AI use complies with the rules and is disclosed where required.
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Authorship matches documented contributions, recorded using CRediT roles.
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Conflicts of interest are disclosed, or recusal has been applied under Section 5.5.
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Partner or confidential data is not exposed.
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Where a supervised participant's work may contribute to academic assessment, the required institutional authorisation is on file.
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Sign-off is recorded with document ID, version, and date.
Appendix B — Conflict of interest disclosure
ItemDisclosure
Employer or university affiliation
Written confirmation that employer permits this role (attached)Yes / No
Funding ties relevant to the Project
Equity or financial interests in overlapping ventures
Remuneration derived from fees of participants supervisedYes / No
Child-related screening held, where supervising under-18 participantsYes / No / N/A
Other potential conflicts
Recusal required for
Signed: ___________________ Date: ___________
Appendix C — Publication and communications rules
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No public research claims without Project PI sign-off.
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No implied endorsements; no third-party logos without permission.
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Media and press require Institute Director approval.
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Patent-sensitive results must be flagged before release, with the decision window in Section 10.4.
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Every public listing of a role states the project and the dates.
Appendix D — Project governance roles
NanoTRIZ establishes internal project-governance roles to establish accountability for research quality, to define review and sign-off authority, and to support accurate public representation without confusion with university ranks or employment.
All roles in this Appendix are project-bound. A role exists only in relation to a specific, named project with defined start and end dates. NanoTRIZ does not confer standing scientific titles independent of a project.
Role definitions
RoleFunctionAuthority
Project Principal InvestigatorUltimate scientific responsibility for a defined project streamFinal scientific sign-off on major outputs, subject to
Sections 5.2 and 5.5
Project Co-Principal InvestigatorShares responsibility or leads a major sub-streamDefined per project in writing
Project Scientific LeadDay-to-day scientific execution; enforces rigour and reproducibilityReports to the Project PI for final sign-off unless delegated in writing
Project Delivery LeadMilestones, timelines, task allocation, integration, delivery readinessScientific sign-off sits with the Project PI or Project Scientific Lead
Senior Scholar (Affiliate)High-level critique, peer review, strategic guidanceAdvisory only; no binding commitments
Typical supervision model
The Project PI sets the topic and provides periodic high-level oversight. The Project Scientific Lead runs execution and enforces methodological rigour. Contributors perform work under the Lead's guidance, holding a designation from the Schedule of Internal Designations.
Nature of appointment
These are internal project-governance designations. They do not constitute academic tenure, faculty appointment, accredited supervision, employment, or a recognised qualification. Where payment occurs, it is handled under a separate written contractor or consultancy agreement. NanoTRIZ is not a TEQSA-registered higher education provider; no degrees or accredited supervision are offered.
Required public listing
Every listing states the role, the institute, the project, and the dates:
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Project Principal Investigator, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project], [Month Year – Month Year]
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Project Scientific Lead (Remote), NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project], [Month Year – Month Year]
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Senior Scholar (Affiliate), NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project], [Month Year – Month Year]
Listings that omit the project or the dates, or that shorten "Project Principal Investigator" to "Principal Investigator", are not permitted.
International note
These are private research-leadership designations under Australian law. Role-holders resident in jurisdictions with protected academic titles, including Germany and China, are responsible for ensuring their public use of these designations complies with local regulation. Retaining the project name, the dates, and the "Project" prefix is the intended safeguard.