Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)

• Indicators
• General description
• Examples

If your funding comes from a grant or contract (see glossary for definitions), have you notified Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)?

If your research is a sponsored project, have you properly classified the type of sponsored project; research, outreach, public service, or training?

SPA

If your research involves external sales (see glossary for definition), have you notified External Sales in the Controller's Office?

General information

• External Sales
• Policy

Do you have authority to execute the sales contract?

External Sales

• General information

Are you using a University standard contract or are you contacting the Office of the General Counsel for changes?

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

Are you aware the University has responsibility to retain and remit taxes for most external sales?

Tax Department

Have you clarified ownership of intellectual property (IP) developed before, during, after, and ancillary to the project in the sales agreement?

Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC)

Will you provide your research materials (biologicals, datasets, cell lines, seeds, plants, germplasm release, etc.) to an external source? If so, and you believe the materials have commercial significance, contact OTC. If your research materials are agricultural related, you must contact the appropriate review committee.

OTC

College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)

If the funding for your research is a gift, have you notified the University Foundation of the proposed gift?

University Foundation

Have you confirmed with the donor that the project is truly a gift? Meaning, for example, the results of your work have no commercial value to the donor and the donor retains no rights to the IP?

SPA

• Gift indicators

University Foundation

Have you requested and received prior approval from your dean or chair for outside work and completed the Request for Outside Consulting (ROC) form?

Department chair or dean

Outside Consulting Policy

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Is the project consistent with the University’s outside consulting policies?

Department chair or dean

Outside Consulting Policy

Have you ensured that you are not using University staff or resources?

Department chair or dean

Outside Consulting Policy

Are you confident that you have not implied University endorsement of the consulting project?

Department chair or dean

Outside Consulting Policy

Have you identified and disclosed potential conflicts of interest associated with the consulting arrangement?

Report of External Professional Activities (REPA)

Did you include contract terms to protect any IP you bring to the project, create outside the project scope, or create after the contract term ends?

OGC

OTC

Are you aware of the additional compliance obligations associated with clinical trials?

Academic Health Center (AHC)

• Clinical trial industry research
• Clinical trial fixed price
• Research Services Organization (RSO)

Have you contacted the AHC’s Research Services Organization for additional support services your project may require?

RSO

Are you aware of the financial risks and special closeout requirements for fixed price agreements?

SPA

• Policy