GENERAL
DEFINITION:
"Sponsored programs"
refers to scholarly, professional, and creative activities that LCSC
personnel conduct with support from external funding instruments such as
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements.
SPECIFIC
DEFINITIONS:
A. In
addition to the general definition above, any one of the following
conditions is sufficient to define a sponsored program:
Conditions Concerning the Nature of the Agreement/Activity
1.
A formal
proposal exists requiring the endorsement of a LCSC-authorized official.
2.
Progress,
technical, final reports, and/or other exchanges are required. The
proposed activity binds LCSC to a specific delivery of work including
service to a sponsor.
3.
The activity
has a specified performance period or completion date.
4.
The agreement
for the activity contains compliance terms and conditions many of which
come from the Code of Federal Regulations, OMB Circulars, and guidelines
in the grant award notification.
5.
The agreement
for the activity contains provisions for confidentiality.
6.
The
testing/evaluating of proprietary products is involved.
Conditions Concerning Financial/Institutional Involvement
7.
Initial
pricing, expenditures, financial reporting, and/or performance may be
subject to external audit.
8.
Billing,
separate accounting procedures, and/or report of expenditures are
required.
9.
Reimbursement/payment is contingent on completion of specified
exchanges.
10.
Unexpended
funds must be returned to the sponsor at the end of the activity.
11.
Cost
sharing/cash matching is involved in the performance of the activity.
12.
The activity
includes budgeted indirect costs.
13.
The activity
involves disposition of property, whether tangible or intangible, that
may result from the activity (e.g., equipment, inventions, copyrights,
or rights in data).
B. A
sponsored program
is NOT:
1.
A voluntary
donation -- i.e., the donation transmittal information does not include
any of the conditions defining a sponsored program.
2.
A voluntary
donation of funds given irrevocably.
3.
A voluntary
donation of personal property (e.g., cash, securities, books, equipment)
provided by a donor without expectation of tangible or economic (except
tax) benefit.
4.
The transfer
of property with no implied responsibility on the part of LCSC or the
foundation to provide the donor a product, service, technical or
scientific report, intellectual property rights, or any other exchanges.
5.
Donations of
real estate.
6.
Funds received
directly by a faculty member (e.g., summer fellowships or travel
grants).
7.
A project
conducted as an external professional activity for pay.
8.
Honoraria --
funds given directly to a faculty member by agreement not requiring
administrative endorsement.
9.
Testing and
service agreements processed through re-charge centers having an
established fee for service.
10.
Teaching and
professional services provided by college personnel to the public at
large on a fee-for-service basis which do not meet any conditions for a
sponsored program.
11.
Non-technical
services to external organizations (e.g., lodging and food service to
groups on campus; meeting facilities; sporting events).
12.
Many
scholarships require service from the recipient and other restrictions.
All of LCSC’s scholarships have a gift use agreement which is created
with the donor’s input.
For more information on gifts call Lori Skelton @
792-2458.
