FDP Expectations for its Members

As a condition of membership, all FDP members enter into a Memorandum of Understanding and agree to:
 

1. Establish and maintain management and administrative procedures and systems that comply with the standards and requirements of the federal government for administering federal awards for research. Institutions must not be debarred from doing business with the Federal government.
2. Appoint a faculty representative and a research administration representative, and encourage the involvement of technical staff who support research administration systems in appropriate FDP activities
3. Participate actively, at institutional expense, in regular FDP committee and task force meetings, ad hoc working groups, and new or ongoing FDP demonstrations and pilots. Failure to attend two consecutive regularly scheduled FDP committee meetings or to participate in FDP activities will be grounds for termination of membership.
4. Pay an initial annual membership fee of $1,500 unless a lesser fee or waiver of a fee has been granted based upon rationale provided in the proposal submitted by the institution or organization. Subsequent rates will be established by the FDP Committee of the Whole.
5. Continue efforts to reengineer and streamline internal processes and to maintain effective stewardship of federal support. Each institution shall provide a report on these efforts to the FDP membership at least every two years.
6. Report annually on their participation in task forces, standing committees, pilot projects and demonstrations during Phase IV.

FDP Terms and Conditions for Grants from Member Agencies

Since the start of the FDP, the primary benefit to member institutions has been the simplified and streamlined terms and conditions across FDP member federal agencies. For more information, go to the FDP Terms and Conditions website. 

The FDP Terms and Conditions are significantly more flexible regarding agency vs. institutional prior approval for various administrative and budgetary transactions.  A comprehensive matrix for these prior approval requirements can be found HERE.