OCGA: 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:

1. Identify relationship
2. Receive Contract
3. Submit a Kuali Research Record and notify your C&G Officer
4. Work on budget and SOW with C&G Officer 
5. Present budget and SOW to Company
6. C&G Officer negotiates Contract with Company

Resources: 

Sponsored Research Agreements with Industry – Guidance and Policies

Collaborations with Industry  

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

• 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.