Federal Demonstration Partnership

The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) aims to streamline the administrative processing of a federal research award. FDP is a cooperative initiative between federal agencies and institutional recipients of federal funds.

The newest FDP Terms and Conditions are available on a site hosted by the National Science Foundation.

In addition to the basic provisions, each member federal agency has a supplemental set of agency-specific terms and conditions. A typical grant is actually covered by both the general terms and conditions and the agency specific terms and conditions.

>> See also: Federal Demonstration Partnership Website

Changes Approved through DRDA

DRDA can approve certain changes without prior sponsor approval. Use this procedure:

: Download the Post Award Change Request Form [ 12K .doc] and obtain appropriate signatures

These following changes, with some agency exceptions, can be made:

Time extensions (one-time only), without additional funds, for up to twelve months;

Equipment purchases, not included in the sponsor-approved budget, where the unit price exceeds $10,000, or in the case of general purpose equipment, where the unit price exceeds $500 (for A-21 allowability as a direct cost);

Any equipment purchase in the final three months of a project period, even if included in the sponsor-approved budget;

Space alteration and/or renovation costs exceeding $3,000.

Preaward costs for up to ninety days prior to the effective date of the award. If preaward costs are associated with a request to establish a new project/grant, please use the Hardship Request Form. Download your preferred version: PDF or MSWord .doc .

Order of Precedence

When there is a question about whether a federal rule applies to an award, the following order of precedence should be followed:

Federal statute that authorized the award
Special condition of the award
FDP agency-specific requirements
FDP General Terms and Conditions

Participating Federal Agencies

National Science Foundation
DRDA Project Representative: David Plawchan, davedrda@umich.edu, 764-7237

Environmental Protection Agency
DRDA Project Representative: Kate Koorhan, kkoorhan@umich.edu, 763-6438

U. S. Department of Energy
DRDA Project Representative: Kate Koorhan, kkoorhan@umich.edu763-6438

National Institutes of Health
DRDA Project Representative: Terri Maxwell, tmax@umich.edu 764-7246

Air Force Office of Scientific Research
DRDA Project Representative: Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu

U. S. Department of Army
DRDA Project Representative: Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu 763-6438

Office of Naval Research
DRDA Project Representative: Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu 763-6438

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DRDA Project Representative: Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu 763-6438

U.S. Department of Agriculture
DRDA Project Representative: Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu 763-6438

Last reviewed: March, 2008