Join a Project — participation terms

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Admission and the project agreement

Application and payment do not guarantee selection. The team reviews eligibility, capacity, conflicts and project needs. Before activation, the project agreement identifies the principal investigator, supervisor, research question, role, tasks, expected duration, access, milestones, training, ethics approvals, data permissions, costs and completion criteria. Do not begin work or collect data before authorization.

A project is research, with uncertain findings and publication timelines. No employment, guaranteed authorship, journal acceptance, grade, licence or financial return is sold. Any institution-specific academic credit requires that institution’s approval.

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Active membership during projects

Join a Project participants must maintain an active, paid membership throughout their agreed project participation, unless an approved written scholarship or exemption applies. Membership receipts are reinvested to support staff salaries, scientific coordination and publication fees; they do not purchase authorship or guarantee that every external publication cost is included.

The project agreement must define the participation period and expected duration, completion or withdrawal process, included costs and any separately approved fees. Research timelines may change. Continued membership is not an undisclosed unlimited financial commitment: participants may withdraw and cancel future renewal, subject to safe handover and preservation of earned scientific credit.

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Non-payment, suspension and reinstatement

If membership expires, is cancelled with immediate effect or payment remains unpaid when due, participation and member-only access are suspended. Turning off renewal does not remove access already paid for before the paid period ends. We notify the participant of the reason, effective date, balance if any, correction route and project implications; an offer-specific grace period applies only if expressly provided.

During suspension, do not access restricted data, label new cases or represent yourself as an active project participant. Notify the supervisor and securely hand over pending work. Reinstatement requires resolving the payment or eligibility issue and confirmation by the team; the original task or slot may no longer be available. Report payment errors promptly for review. Suspension cannot erase qualifying contributions or prevent legally required access to personal records.

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Supervised work and confidentiality

Follow approved protocols, deadlines, version control and supervision. Keep accurate records; flag errors, adverse events, conflicts or feasibility problems promptly. Students must not independently diagnose, provide care or make clinical decisions under a research assignment. Work involving people requires the applicable institutional, ethical and regulatory permissions.

Use only approved secure repositories. Do not put patient data into personal cloud accounts, public AI systems or ordinary email. No re-identification, unauthorized copying, onward sharing or secondary commercial use. Report a suspected breach immediately to the supervisor using an appropriate secure route. Data ownership, permitted use, retention and deletion follow the signed data-sharing agreement.

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Authorship, contributions and intellectual property

Publication credit follows actual contributions and journal criteria. Authors must contribute substantially, participate in drafting or critical revision, approve the final version and accept accountability. Data provision or membership payment alone is insufficient. Eligible contributors must be given a reasonable opportunity to participate in review and approval. Contributions that do not meet authorship criteria are acknowledged with permission.

Cancellation or suspension does not remove authorship already earned through qualifying contributions. Authors remain responsible for their work and must be reachable for review. Authorship disputes receive a documented review separate from billing decisions. Ownership, inventorship and commercial rights require a written project-specific agreement; membership alone grants no patent or revenue share.

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Withdrawal, project changes and complaints

You may withdraw by notifying the supervisor and cancelling future membership renewals separately. Agree a safe handover, document completed contributions and return or delete copies as instructed, without destroying required research records. Completion ends project-specific work but does not automatically cancel a separately authorized recurring plan; use its cancellation route.

If a project stops or materially changes, the team explains options, including a mutually agreed reassignment or an appropriate remedy for paid services not supplied. No indefinite membership extension or new fee is presumed accepted. Contact contact@microscopiatech.com for participation issues and finance@microscopiatech.com for payments. Mandatory rights remain protected.

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