Negotiation/Signature Authority
Designated Office of Research (OR) personnel are UCF’s official contacts with sponsors/agencies. They are authorized to communicate with sponsors 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).
OR and RF will negotiate all terms and conditions of agreements in accordance with UCF policies and guidelines.
OR and UCF Research Foundation (RF) are the only units authorized by UCF to receive, issue, negotiate and sign research agreements (i.e., contracts, grants, amendments, modifications) with a sponsor.
The Principal Investigator (PI) is authorized to communicate with the sponsor on technical/scientific aspects of the project only.