Review date
Responsible office
Office of Sponsored Research
Definition
- Mechanism for charging INTERNAL customers (defined as able to be recharged via a journal) for products or services. Function like non-profit businesses generating sufficient income to support the cost of operating the activity.
- Not a way to generate extra income (profit), or recoup unallowable/indirect costs from federal funds.
- Products or services provided are neither patient care nor research, therefore Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Intellectual Property rights cannot be involved.