Table 2.
Summary of Responses to Survey on Attitudes Toward and Types of Policies in Place for Sharing Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Recovery
| Survey part: Respondent |
Survey question | Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions No. (%) |
National Council of University Research Administrators No. (%) |
Total No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part I of Survey: All institutions | Many academic leaders argue for implementing Facilities and Administrative (F&A) cost sharing strategies in order to make it easier for investigators to collaborate across disciplinary and departmental boundaries. Whether or not your institution has such a policy, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement: “Having a standard policy for F&A cost recovery sharing helps investigators from multiple departments, units, or centers to engage in interdisciplinary research collaboration.” | |||
| Strongly agree | 17/37 (46.0) | 99/217 (45.6) | 116/254 (45.7) | |
| Agree somewhat | 15/37 (40.5) | 74/217 (34.1) | 89/254 (35.0) | |
| Neutral | 4/37 (10.8) | 32/217 (14.8) | 36/254 (14.2) | |
| Disagree | 1/37 (2.7) | 11/217 (5.1) | 12/254 (4.7) | |
| Disagree strongly | 0 | 1/217 (0.5) | 1/254 (0.4) | |
| Is there a standard, written policy at your institution for the sharing of F&A cost recovery among departments/units/centers when a research grant includes investigators from multiple departments? | ||||
| Yes | 10/37 (27.0) | 80/217 (36.9) | 90/254 (35.4) | |
| No | 24/37 (64.9) | 119/217 (54.8) | 143/254 (56.3) | |
| Unsure | 3/37 (8.1) | 18/217 (8.3) | 21/254 (8.3) | |
| Part II of Survey: Institutions with written policies | Please choose the policy description below which, IN GENERAL, most closely resembles the policy at your institution: | |||
| Sharing of F&A cost recovery is based on the distribution of work by investigator effort proposed in the project | 4/10 (40.0) | 33/75 (44.0) | 33/75 (44.0) | |
| Sharing of F&A cost recovery is based on a formula taking into account a wide variety of factors and variables, including percentage of effort of personnel, allocation of space, use of resources, etc. | 2/10 (20.0) | 23/75 (30.7) | 25/85 (29.4) | |
| Sharing of F&A cost recovery is negotiated on a case-by-case basis | 3/10 (30.0) | 18/75 (24) | 21/85 (24.7) | |
| Sharing of F&A cost recovery is based on the physical space needed to conduct the research (e.g., office space, lab space, patient exam space) | 1/10 (10.0) | 1/75 (1.3)q | 2/85 (2.4) | |
| Does your institution's policy refer to sharing of F&A cost recovery only for grants with multiple principal investigators (PIs), or to any grant in which the co-investigators are based in multiple departments? | ||||
| Multiple PIs | 0 | 12/75 (16.0) | 12/85 (14.1) | |
| Either Multiple PIs or Co-Is in multiple departments | 9/10 (90.0) | 57/75 (76.0) | 66/85 (77.6) | |
| Unsure | 1/10 (10.0) | 6/75 (8.0) | 7/85 (8.2) | |
| How satisfied are you with the policy at your institution? | ||||
| Very satisfied | 1/10 (10.0) | 25/75 (33.3) | 26/85 (30.6) | |
| Somewhat satisfied | 7/10 (70.0) | 35/75 (46.7) | 42/85 (49.4) | |
| Neutral | 2/10 (20.0) | 10/75 (13.3) | 12/85 (14.1) | |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 0 | 5/75 (6.7) | 5/85 (5.9) | |
| Very dissatisfied | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| No experience with it | 0 | 0 | 0 |