Faculty member wants to do a clinical trial of a new drug.
She askes for corporate support.  The company is willing,
request acknowledgement, and an invoice for expended costs.
No follow up, no results to generate.  Total value $250,000.

If you call this a gift then do the same for the video.
What's difference but order of magnitude of the money.

Does "no follow up, no results to generate" mean that the video
does not have to be produced?  I think we would consider both
sponsored projects and take overhead on the larger project
and discuss it on the smaller but probably waive.

Bob
xxxxxx@umich.edu
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>From: Research Administration Discussion List on Thu, Feb 11, 1999 5:27 PM
>Subject: Re: Gift vs Grant
>To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
>
>interesting thread --- i just got a call from Bonnie Wells (nursing)
>regarding how to "process" monies offered by a pharmaceutical company.
>My thoughts are that she should consider it a gift, as opposed to a
>sponsored project -- however, I know that she would benefit from a
>seasoned opinion (so I asked her to call you):
>
>Background:  she is producing a video on hip replacement and has asked
>for corporate support.  The company is willing, requests acknowledgement
>and an invoice for expended cost.  no followup, no results to generate
>-- total value approximately $2,500.
>
>L

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