The legal entity to which a subaward is made and which is accountable to the recipient for the use of the funds provided. Subrecipients must adhere to the administrative regulations of the prime award [..]

A contract or legal agreement between the prime recipient of a grant, cooperative agreement or contract and another organization (the subrecipient) that will engage in a portion of the research or per [..]

Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (06/24/1997) (includes revisions published in Federal Register 06/27/2003) – issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Docum [..]

A cost is allocable to a particular cost objective (i.e., a specific function, project, sponsored agreement, department, or the like) if the goods or services involved are chargeable or assignable to [..]

The tests of allowability of costs are: (a) they must be reasonable; (b) they must be allocable to sponsored agreements under sponsor-defined principles and methods ; (c) they must be given consistent [..]

Public Law 96-517, the law that governs the rights to inventions discovered at educational institutions or small businesses under projects funded in whole or in part with federal funds. The Bayh-Dole [..]

A scientifically designed and executed investigation of the effects of a drug (or vaccine) administered to human volunteers. The goal is to define the safety, clinical efficacy, and pharmacological ef [..]

An individual collaborating with the Principal Investigator in the conduct of a sponsored project. A co-investigator usually works under the supervision and direction of the Principal Investigator.

An agreement between two or more researchers that sets forth the nature of their working relationship in a research project. The agreement may include provisions concerning the intent of the parties t [..]

A document executed between institutions permitting the exchange of information that is confidential to one or both parties. The scope of the confidential information will be defined as well as the pe [..]