COMP 918: Research Administration for Scientists

Lecture Notes, Selected Readings & Assignments
Spring 2013

Course syllabus

Lecture Notes - downloadable as PPT files

1. History of Research Funding in U.S. Universities
2. The Federal Budgeting Process, Federal Funding for Research and UNC's Share
3. The Art of Grantsmanship
4. Grants, Cooperative Agreements, Seven Contract Types and the Federal Acquistion Regulation (FAR)
   
5. Cost Principles for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts (OMB Circular)
   
6. Introduction to Proposal Budgeting
   
7. OMB Circular A-110 Administrative Requirements
   
10. Central Research Administration Tasks & Responsibilities - UNC-Chapel Hill Case Study
    
11. PI and Department Research Administration Responsibilities for Financial Planning.
    
12. Human Subject Testing, History, Informed Consent and IRB's
    
13. Research Ethics
    
14. Management in the Scientific Enterprise
    
15. Project Management
    
16. Intellectual Property
    

Selected Readings - downloadable as PDF documents

1. Science the Endless Frontier (PDF)
2. The Art of Grantsmanship (PDF)
3. Advice on Writing Proposals to the NSF (PDF)
4. OMB Circular A-21 (PDF)
5. OMB Circular A-110 (PDF)
6. Special Issues of Departmental Administration (PDF)
7. Report of UNC Sponsored Programs Study Committee (PDF)
8. MacGregor Case Study (PDF)
9. Patent It Yourself (PDF)
10. Pitfalls and Traps in Claim Drafting (PDF)
11. Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use (PDF)
12. Challenges and Opportunities of International Research (PDF)
13. Establishing a Spin-Off Company (PDF)
14. Industrial Research Collaborations before a Product is Developed (PDF)
15. Research Contracts with Industry (PDF)
16. SBIR-STTR Programs (PDF)
17. Spin-Off Companies from University Technologies (PDF)

Intellectual Property Agreements Readings (MS Word format)

• CDA Two Way
• Copyright and Permission Notice
• Interinstitutional Agreement
• License Copyright Commercial
• License Exclusive (Equity Startup)
• License Exclusive (No Equity)
• License Non-exclusive
• License Tangible Property
• MTA Incoming for Profit
• MTA UBMTA
• MTA Outgoing for Profit
• MTA Outgoing Not For Profit
• MTA UBMTA Implementing Letter
• Option-Collaboration Agreement

Miscellaneous

• MacGregor Class Discussion Questions (PDF)
• Project Management Case Study (PDF)
• Integrity in Scientific Research video (WMV file)
  

Assignments - downloadable as PDF documents

NSF Budget Form

Budget Exercise (First)

Budget Exercise (Second)

MacGregor Case Study

Group Study Questions- MacGregor

Group Study Questions- Only a Bridge

Integrity in Scientific Research video

Final Course Project