(b) The collaboration agreement, commonly referred to as the articles of collaboration, is the document that sets out the rights and responsibilities of each consortium member. It binds the individual consortium members together, whereas the TIA binds the Government and the consortium as a group (or the Government and a consortium member on behalf of the consortium, as explained in § 37.1015). The document should discuss, among other things, the consortium's:

1. (1) Management structure.
2. (2) Method of making payments to consortium members.
3. (3) Means of ensuring and overseeing members' efforts on the project.
4. (4) Provisions for members' cost sharing contributions.
5. (5) Provisions for ownership and rights in intellectual property developed previously or under the agreement.