Award Types
We manage several types of Awards
- Gifts
- Revenue Producing Activities (Fee for Services)
- Grants
- Contracts
- Cooperative Agreements
- Gift in Kind
Research and Sponsored Programs maintains a list of Award Types.
Gifts (233 funds)
5 Criteria to define a Gift (Must meet all 5 criteria)
- Must provide support for broadly defined activities, such as professorships, scholarships, building projects, fellowships, research and instructional programs. The donor may restrict the use of funds to a specific program area or purpose.
- No detailed technical or fiscal reports are required as a condition of the gift.
- No patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights that result from activities supported by the gift are claimed by the donor.
- The gift contains no restrictive provisions, such as delays or advance notice concerning publication or dissemination of data and information derived from activities supported by the gift.
- The gift is irrevocable by the donor.
Revenue Producing Facilities (136 funds)
- In general, sales of goods or services sold at a fixed rate. Some examples are copy centers, registration fees for conferences, Animal Care, NMR, BIF, Storeroom, and TEM.
- Rate determined by incorporating all direct and indirect costs associated with providing goods/services.
UW Policies on 136 accounts are found here: Auxiliary Operations (136 funds)
Grants (144 funds; 135 funds WARF Sponsored)
- Project conceived by PI.
- PI defines details and retains scientific freedom.
- Usually fundamental research or institutional research and training.
- A grant is distinguished from a contract in that a grant does not constitute the procurement of goods and services by the grantor. The grant is a unilateral act.
Contracts
- Project conceived by agency.
- Agency procures service.
- Agency exercises direction or control.
- Agency closely monitors.
- Usually developmental research rather than fundamental.
Contracts can be fixed price contracts or cost-reimbursement contracts.
- A fixed price contract is a contract in which the agency sets a price in advance and pays that price for the research. It places minimal administrative burden on the contracting parties.
- A cost-reimbursable contract is a contract in which allowable and reasonable costs incurred by a contractor in the performance of a contract are reimbursed in accordance with the terms of the contract.
Cooperative Agreement
- Similar to Contracts, but typically conceived jointly.
- An agreement is used in lieu of a grant when the sponsor anticipates substantial programmatic involvement with the recipient during performance of the project.
Gifts in Kind
- A gift-in kind is a contribution of personal or real property which requires annual reporting by the institution.
Last Updated: Jul 21, 2020 - 3:19 PM