Collaboration |  | Presented material without seeking authorization... |
|  |  | Being a member of a collaborative research group comes with a set of responsibilities to that group. Being a faculty mentor to a graduate student also comes with responsibilities. In this case study these sets of responsibilities were in apparent conflict. A major contributor to this dilemma is the lack of a formal agreement among the members of this collaboration concerning the specifics of this arrangement. Additionally, the UNH assistant professor had a responsibility to share with her doctoral student information about the consortium, since his research was directly affected by this arrangement. A related issue here is that of ownership of the data and access to it. Many universities, including the UNH, have policies in place or under consideration on the ownership and management of research data. When multiple institutions are involved, the issue becomes more complex. Individuals involved in research should be familiar with the policies or guidelines in effect at their institution on this issue. Discussion of authorship issues during the establishment of a collaboration and periodically throughout the formal association helps to prevent misunderstanding and disagreement later in the study.