definiens: means the equivalent of the work of one ( 1 ) employee full time for one ( 1 ) calendar year ( consisting of a total of 1880 hours per calendar year ) of work on the Research pursuant to the Research Plan . Any employee who devotes less than 1880 hours per calendar year on the Research Program shall be treated as an FTE on a pro - rata basis calculated by dividing the actual number of hours worked on the Research Program during such calendar year by 1880 . Each Party understands and agrees that the other Party retains complete discretion to change the identity of any individual employee or consultant devoted to the Research Program and/or the frequency and the time during which such individual employee 's or consultant 's efforts are devoted to the Research Program, and that either Party 's scientists who are working on the Research Program also may be working ( during periods that do not count towards the FTE allocation devoted to the Research Program ) on other of the Party 's independent projects