Fund 136 auxiliary operations, or otherwise referred to as fee-for-service or revenue producing activities, will be reviewed collaboratively between the SMPH Research Administration Office and your SMPH Fiscal Accountant.
- Establishing a new Fee for Service is done by working with your SMPH Fiscal Accountant.
SMPH typically defines FFS as:
The execution of a predefined or repetitive process, or the production of a product that meets predefined specifications. The activity is not expected to add to the body of fundamental knowledge in a given field.
If the activity involves data generation, the data may be so specifically related to a company, product or process as to have little value to anyone other than the sponsor or the sponsor’s competitors.
These are routed in RAMP in the agreement module. A detailed budget needs to be included showing the applicable indirect cost rate. The budget is reviewed by the Research Administration Office. After budget approval, the Research Administration Office will ask you to send a second Dean/Division Signoff Ancillary Review to a member of Contract Solutions.