Docfield for Research

Create research contracts in minutes

Research offices spend up to 20 hours per collaboration agreement wrestling with manual work and Word templates. Docfield gives research institutions one single platform to draft, review and sign each contract.
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The Problem

Starting a research project means drowning in documents...

And filling out the same exact information, over and over again.
And waiting weeks for legal to sign off over email attachments and Word files.
Tracking and checking dozens of documents; a logistical nightmare for the legal department.
How It Works

Create research documents in minutes

Create powerful templates as the foundation for your research contracts. Utilise smart fields and rule-based logic to instantly craft the right agreement for every project type.

Smart templates and workflows

Build pre-approved research contract templates with your legal department. Smart fields auto-populate important information. Populate the clause library once, and create contracts from it in minutes.

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Set yourself up for success by designing smart templates and workflows

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Extract mission-critical data from smart fields and turn them into actionable insights

The right clauses for every research type with Logic

One master collaboration agreement adapts to every project. Conditional blocks show the right content based on project type, funding source, and number of partners.

Keep track of contract progress

Create workflows to allow agreements and documents to be drafted, reviewed, approved and signed in a way that works for your organisation. Document dashboards show real-time status of all contracts.

Workflow management

Create custom workflows for each template, assign responsibilities and set deadlines

Dynamic data views

Extract mission-critical data from smart fields and turn them into actionable insights

Invite external partners to fill and sign

Stop the endless ping-pong across multiple channels by bringing all stakeholders to the contract. Mention internal or external co-creators in a comment with any of your remarks or questions.
1 hr
Per collaboration agreement
50-95%
Standardisation across contracts
50-100
Contracts per year, per institution

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