There is an ongoing disagreement at this institution between the Office
of Academic Grants and Sponsored Research  and the Development Office,
and I am looking for some advice on how others may have handled similar
situations.

The Development Office believes that they should receive credit for any
funds that come from corporations, foundations and private sources. They
would like for that funding, even if it is for research and comes with
reporting or other requirements, to be counted as Development money.
What follows is a typical example.

The College recently received funding from a corporation that paid
summer stipends to chemistry students for research projects, and that
required a reporting on that research to the sponsor at the end of the
summer. Development refers to this as "a gift that requires a report"
and is arguing that the money ought to be processed through the College
Foundation because it came from a corporation and would help inform
Development's future fund raising efforts with that corporate sponsor.

Further, since this Grants office is already a One Stop Shop, and is
well-equipped to administer and monitor grants, Development would also
would like us make this "a cooperative effort" whereby we would handle
the work of budgeting, reporting and general administration of the
funds, after they have been counted as Development money.

To us (in Grants) it seems obvious that the function rather than the
source of the funds determines how they are to be processed.  All
parties agree that this argument has been put forward many times, but
folks outside of the Grants office are simply not convinced.

Any thoughts?

Roberta Truscello
Pre-Award Specialist
The College of New Jersey

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