OCGA: Industry
Last Updated: June 9, 2022 11:39:56 AM PDT
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Find resources and guidance for working with Industry for Sponsored Research.
Collaborations with Industry
Ideal Timeline
An ideal timeline for working with Industry on a research project involves looping in your Contract and Grant (C&G) Officer as early as possible in the research partnership as possible to avoid complications involved with budgeting and IDC, scope of work (SOW) down the road:
- Identify relationship
- Receive Contract
- Submit a Kuali Research Record and notify your C&G Officer
- Work on budget and SOW with C&G Officer
- Present budget and SOW to Company
- C&G Officer negotiates Contract with Company
Resources:
Sponsored Research Agreements with Industry – Guidance and Policies
Budgets and IDC
Things to consider when preparing a budget with an industry sponsor:
- Indirect Costs (IDC): Use the federally negotiated rate. See UC San Diego IDC Rates.
- Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC): For items that are excluded from IDC calculations, see Modified Total Direct Costs.
- Total Direct Costs (TDC) = Direct Costs of your research + IDC, for more information on what to include for TDC, see Direct Costs.
Please refer to this detailed information about indirect costs applicable to Industry sponsored research agreements: Indirect Costs for Industry
Words of Wisdom
- Industry Contracts must use UC San Diego's federally negotiated IDC rates.
- Industry agreements sometimes require lengthy negotiations due to intellectual property (IP) concerns.
- OCGA works with the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) on complex IP issues in order to protect both our researchers and the University of California.
- OCGA still requires a Kuali Research submission for Industry Contracts, although the proposal is internal and not submitted to the company.