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Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Group Report-Out (NFRI)
The Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Group conducted a survey and breakout discussion to assess the prevalence and negotiation dynamics of various IP provisions in research agreements. Survey responses, representing both funding (27.5%) and performing (72.5%) entities, indicated that some topics, such as invention disclosure and conflict of interest policies, are rarely contentious an
The Politics of Indirect Costs
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2017 COGR Survey of F&A Rates
The 2017 COGR Survey of Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Rates provides a detailed analysis of trends in research operating costs across U.S. research universities over a ten-year period, from FY2007 to FY2017. The survey, conducted online with input from 145 institutions, captures a representative cross-section of universities under different federal cognizant agencies, including regions
Appendix A: 2017 F&A Survey
Appendix A provides a series of survey screen shots, spanning ten sequential pages. Each page appears to capture visual representations of the user interface presented to survey respondents during the data collection process. The inclusion of these screen shots serves to document the design, structure, and functionality of the survey instrument, ensuring transparency and facilitating replication o
Appendix B Data: 2017 F&A Survey
The Appendix B – Survey Data Sheet details the results of a 2017 survey administered by the Council on Governmental Relations, focusing on institutional practices related to federal rate agreements, clinical trials, and negotiation experiences. Of the 145 institutions responding, 70% were public and 30% private, with a significant majority (89%) designating the Department of Health and Human Servi
2017 Survey of Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Rates Executive Summary
The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), representing 190 leading research universities and institutions conducting over $60 billion in annual research, conducted its 2017 Survey of Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Rates to analyze trends and understandings in the reimbursement of indirect research costs. F&A costs, also referred to as indirect or research operating costs, are es
COGR's FLSA Postdoctoral Research Survey Executive Summary Now Available
The document summarizes the results of a Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) survey conducted in August 2016 regarding institutional responses to forthcoming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which would significantly increase the minimum exempt salary threshold impacting postdoctoral researchers. Among the 109 responding research institutions, which included both public and pri
Analysis of Common Rule Comments
In January 2016, COGR staff and university and association volunteers began an analysis of the 2,186 comments submitted to regulations.gov in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule).
COGR Survey and the Role of the DS-2
A 2014 survey of the COGR membership indicated that the DS-2 disclosure statement requirement did little, at best, to enhance stewardship of federal funds.