A-3) Sponsored Contract

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Responsible office
Office of Sponsored Research

Definition

  • A contract with an external sponsor for a proscribed or defined project within a designated period for a specified amount with defined deliverables.
  • Federal contracts are usually issued in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ).
  • The sponsor has significant monitoring involvement, and payment may be dependent on delivery or set milestones.
Examples

National Institutes of Health (NIH) contract to perform pre-clinical research to understand the progression of certain cancers in humans.

Home Health Systems, Inc. agreement to survey and analyze various methods of home health care.

State contract for UCSF Committee on Human Research to review human subject protocols.

VA contract for Alzheimer’s treatment investigation research to be done at UCSF independent of the standard VAMC contract agreement (see IPA).

Overhead Consideration

Federally Sponsored:

  • Facilities & Administrative (F&A) rates vary by type of project (e.g., research, instruction, etc.) and by site (e.g., on-campus or off-campus).

Non-Federally Sponsored:

  • Federal F&A rates apply, but vary by type of project and campus site.

If a sponsor has a published F&A rate policy, exceptions from Federal F&A rates may be approved by campus administration.

Waivers for industry research and clinical trial contracts are not an option.

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