When are Research Agreement modifiers activated?

I was curious if you need The Porcelain tower BEFORE you made the agreement to get the bonus or if you could build it the turn before a research agreement ended and still receive the the full benefit. The same goes for rationalism finisher. Thank you for taking the time to read this and answer.

lovepack

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