- Designated Office of Research & Commercialization (ORC)
personnel are UCF's official contacts with sponsor agencies.
They are authorized to communicate with the sponsor on all
administrative matters (e.g., compliance with proposal guidelines,
policy issues, all aspects of contract and grant agreements,
amendments, modifications, no-cost extensions, and budget transfer
requests).
- The Principal Investigator (PI) is authorized to communicate with the sponsor on technical aspects of the project only.
- A general guideline to follow is that contract personnel talk to the other party's contract representative. Technical personnel talk to the other party's technical representative. Department of Defense awards often preclude discussions between one party's contract personnel and the other party's technical point of contact.
- ORC
is
the
only
entity
authorized
by
UCF
to
receive,
issue,
negotiate
and
sign
research
agreements
(i.e.
contract,
grant,
amendment,
modification)
with
a
sponsor.
- ORC
will
route
a
copy
of
the
agreement
to
the
PI
for
review
of
technical
information
relating
to
the
proposed
project.
- ORC
will
negotiate
all
terms
and
conditions
of
agreements
in
accordance
with
UCF
policies
and
guidelines.
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