What category does your proposed agreement fall into?
Review the statements in each tab below to help you determine which category best fits your proposed agreement.
- Subrecipient (Subaward/Subcontract)
- Vendor/Supplier
- External Consultant (Independent Contractor)
An entity that has agreed to work in collaboration with the USD PI to perform a substantive portion of the programmatic effort on an award.
- Works collaboratively with the USD PI as a co-investigator at another entity to which funds are being passed.
- Has authority to make administrative and programmatic decisions and to control the method and results of work
- Has responsibility to meet all applicable sponsor requirements
- Has performance measured against meeting the program objectives
- Are designated senior/key personnel in the proposal-may be a Co-PI
- Uses sponsor funds to carry out a program rather than provide a good or a service
- Has responsibility for the end results of the research effort
- Services are complex and require a scope of work and budget, billing requirements, and a deliverable schedule
- The entity’s statement of work may represent an intellectually significant portion of the programmatic decision making
- The entity’s work results may involve intellectual property and/or may lead to publications
- Needs animal and/or human subjects approvals for its independent portion of the work
- Requires a separate budget and budget justification in the application
If the statements above best describe your proposed agreement at proposal time, attach the following documents to the Funding Proposal:
- Signed and fully completed Subrecipient Commitment Form or, if the subrecipient is a member in the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse, a signed commitment Letter
- Subrecipient Letter of Commitment
- Scope of Work
- Budget
- Budget Justification
- If additional information or forms are needed, the assigned OSP Research Administrator will contact the PI and/or the Subrecipient
Note
The role of the entity is the driving factor for determining payment method. It is not expected that all of the characteristics will be present but a careful review should be made when determining the agreement type. If after reviewing these characteristics you are still unsure, please contact the assigned OSP Research Administrator during proposal development. Should the question arise after the project is awarded, contact the OSP Contract Manager.