Here is one of those "simple" questions for which there is no simple
answer.  What is the "normal" length of time it takes for the negotiation
 and processing of a commercial sponsor agreement which requires
negotiations?  This would be the time from receipt of the proposed
agreement in the Grants Office to execution of the final agreement.  We
have had our share of the "easy" ones and that is not really my question.
 It seems more and more negotiations are required for various clauses.  We
 find it sometimes will take the sponsor quite a bit of time to respond to
our comments or requests to revise clauses.  We are meeting with a group of
researchers who have posed this question, with the indication that it takes
longer then necessary to process the agreements in question.

Thanks in advance.

Susan Benjamin
Grant Administrator
Health Research, Inc.
(518)431-1261
xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us

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