How do I determine if my project should be classified as either “research”, subject to the Organized Research rate, or “testing”, subject to the Other Sponsored Activities rate?
Question
How do I determine if my project should be classified as either “research”, subject to the Organized Research rate, or “testing”, subject to the Other Sponsored Activities rate? |
Answer
A research project typically has the following attributes:
- The work involves original, creative research and is expected to produce new science or technology;
- There is substantial involvement of the Principal Investigator in defining the statement of work;
- University owns the results of the work.
A testing project typically has the following attributes:
- Research methods are pre-existing and of a primarily technical nature with no new science or technology being generated;
- Sponsor designed protocol with no significant input from the Principal Investigator;
- No analysis of project results; d) sponsor maintains ownership of observational data and results of the testing.