Answer the questions below to determine if a project is Research or Service; and if it is Service, then whether the Service Agreement should be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) or submitted to UAB Contracts & Vendor Compliance office.
1.) Will funds flow in to UAB for this project?
2.) Is the aim of your project to derive generalizable new knowledge?
- Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, and understandings.
- The scope of work involves investigation or an experiment aimed at:
- the discovery and interpretation of facts, or
- the revision of accepted theories or laws in light of new facts, or
- the practical application of such new or revised theories or laws.
- UAB personnel are:
- involved in decisions regarding the design or implementation of the scope of work and/or the interpretation of the results, and
- credited as authors on papers that emerge from the research.
- The work carried out by UAB personnel may result in patentable or copyrightable technology or products.
3.) Is the service or treatment new with little support/evidence?
4.) Are you providing a research-related service?
- Research-related services are defined as activities conducted that may relate to a research activity, equipment, facility, software, or personnel that DOES NOT generate new scholarly knowledge, hypotheses or understandings.
- The scope of work on behalf of UAB involves available equipment or methodologies whereby:
- There is no discovery or scholarly interpretation of data generated on behalf of UAB,
- There are no new or revised theories or hypotheses generated that may be tested on behalf of UAB.
- UAB personnel are:
- NOT involved in decisions about the experimental design or scholarly interpretation of results,
- NOT involved in generation or dissemination of scholarly knowledge (e.g., not listed on scholarly works such as publications, manuscripts, abstracts, or grants).
5.) Does it involve Human Subjects research?
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6.) Are you doing any animal research?
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7.) Does this work involve any hazardous materials?
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8.) Does the draft agreement indicate that UAB must return any unused/unearned funds?
9.) Does the draft agreement provided to you contain language that the outside party may audit our financial records?
10.) Do you intend to publish any scholarly works or participate in publication for this project?