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Awards may be received from a Sponsor as either a gift or in the form of a sponsored agreement.
Gift
In general, a gift award does not have terms that specify how the funding must be spent or administered. As a gift, the funding received may be utilized at the full discretion of the recipient. Unexpended funds are not returned to the donor at the expiration of the gift period. Gifts are administered through the:
Harvard University Recording Secretary’s Office
124 Mt. Auburn Street
495-1756
Sponsored Agreement
Sponsored agreements will have one or more of the following items:
- Scholarly terms or a Statement of Work to define a line of scholar or scientific inquiry
- Formal deliverables such as annual progress reports or performance objectives
- Specified terms regarding fiduciary responsibility or payment contingencies
- Specified terms regarding disposition for property upon conclusion of the project
- Proposal (typically) submitted in a sponsor-required format
Sponsored agreements take the form of:
- Grants
- Cooperative agreements
- Contracts
Sponsored agreements are administered through:
- Office for Sponsored Research / Awards Management
- For all University Area schools and affiliates
- Office of Financial Services
- Harvard School of Public Health
- Sponsored Programs Administration
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Additional Information
Non-Federal Awards/Non-Federal Sponsored Grants Policy
To assist in gift or grant determination, see Is it a Gift or a Grant?
Get information on working with the Office of University Corporate and Foundation Relations.
