Research Data Access and Use Agreement

between

Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Grassland Sciences

and

Name

Concerning

access and usage of research data and/or materials produced within the scope of the choose or type after leaving ETH Zurich or after changing affiliation to another research group at ETH Zurich.

Based on Article 11 of the ETH Zurich Guidelines on Scientific Integrity (Integrity Guidelines) and on Art. 8 of the Guidelines for Research Data Management at ETH Zurich (RDM Guidelines), the parties agree on the following:

Prior to leaving the research group, Name hands over all research data and/or materials (i.e. samples and products of any kind, collected or created during select her/his research) that have been acquired or collected within select her/his activities at Grassland Sciences to Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann. All relevant research data must be archived in the ETH Zurich Research Collection and ETH Zurich Data Archive in accordance with the requirements for FAIR data management. Certain project-specific regulations might apply in some cases.

Name acknowledges that all research data collected within research projects at ETH Zurich remain at ETH Zurich according to the ETH Act Art. 36a para 2 and the Guidelines mentioned above, unless otherwise agreed upon with external project partners. Art. 5 on Data Collection and Processing and Art. 6 on Publication of Research Data and Programming Code of the RDM Guidelines apply with respect to publication and access to data.

Hereby Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann allows Name to further use any data and materials within the scope of other research projects after left ETH Zurich or after changing affiliation to another research group at ETH Zurich, unless specific regulations with external project partners prohibit this sharing of data.

The parties acknowledge that the Integrity Guidelines apply in all processes of data acquisition, metadata collection, documentation, analyses, writing, publishing, and data handling during the project.

Place and date: Zurich,	Place and date:

5 ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate: RSETHZ 340.31, https://rechtssammlung.sp.ethz.ch/Dokumente/340.31en.pdf Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann	Name

Integrity Guidelines: RSETHZ 414, https://rechtssammlung.sp.ethz.ch/Dokumente/414en.pdf

RDM Guidelines: RSETHZ 414.2, https://rechtssammlung.sp.ethz.ch/Dokumente/414.2en.pdf

FAIR data management at ETH: https://ethz.ch/services/en/service/a-to-z/research-data.html

ETH Act: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/210_210_210/en#art_36