Testing/Lab Study Agreements involve the Principal Investigator testing a specific compound, device, or process for a sponsor. No data analysis will be performed by the principal investigator. Also no inventions should be anticipated. The team of Contracts & Clinical Trials Specialists in the Office of Sponsored Programs negotiate and execute these agreements on behalf of The Research Foundation for The SUNY.
An evaluative testing/lab study agreement will qualify for the Other Sponsored Programs F&A Rate when the private sponsor is providing our institution a company-developed protocol that specifies all procedures in detail and leaves no room for the Principal Investigator to experiment on his or her own; where the type of work required is characterized as testing of the private sponsor’s proprietary product (e.g. a new or investigational device, drug, material or compound) and the deliverable must be raw data which cannot include any interpretation. Such testing or studies cannot involve contact with human subjects. The F&A rate for such agreements is currently 42% MTDC.
Testing should not be confused with an evaluative research agreement. An evaluative research agreement for which the Organized Research Rate applies is defined as any agreement with a private sponsor with a protocol developed by either Sponsor, University Principal Investigator, University Principal Investigator with direction from Sponsor or Sponsor with direction from University Principal Investigator; the protocol is moderately specific and leaves room for the University Principal Investigator to experiment or interject his or her own ideas; where the type of work required is characterized as testing of the private sponsor’s proprietary product (e.g. a new or investigational device, drug, material or compound) and the deliverable will be provided to sponsor in the form of expert data analysis and interpretation from University. The F&A rate for such agreements is currently 59.5% MTDC.
To process a Testing/Lab Study Agreement, OSP much receive the following:
- myResearch Grants and myResearch Agreements applications, including of a copy of the Protocol or Statement of Work.
- name, address, telephone number and email address of your company contact
OSP usually provides standard template agreement. Should sponsor request to use their agreement, please send directly to osp_contracts@stonybrook.edu.
A fully executed agreement from sponsor and, depending on the sponsor type, the initial/start-up funds are needed for an internal award set-up. At the conclusion of these studies, residual balance may be transferred to departmental fixed price balance account.
Evaluative Testing Agreement Template