Sponsored Research Incentives
Program
The Sponsored Research Incentives (SRI) program was established
as an incentive for departments and research units to encourage
their faculty and researchers to seek external support for their
research/creative activities. The Office of the Vice President for Research
sets aside internal funds that are distributed as SRI based
upon the academic appointment of the principal investigator(s).
Proposals routed after-the-fact do not accrue SRI credit.
The University policy on SRI funds provides for the distribution
of an amount equal to 20% of the indirect cost recovered by
the university's research enterprise to the generating areas
in the proportion of 90% to the department or unit and 10% to
the appropriate dean/administrator. The amount of indirect costs
used to determine each year's distribution is based on the net
indirect costs generated the preceding year. The net indirect
costs is equal to the indirect costs recovered by a project
minus the direct cost match provided by the Office of the Vice-President
for Research and expended in support of the project. Therefore,
the net indirect costs realized during a fiscal year will be
used to determine the SRI distribution in the next fiscal year.
As a general rule, the funds are distributed during the first
quarter of the fiscal year. However, distribution of SRI may
be delayed for research units who have faculty with technical
reports that are more than 90 days delinquent.
Additionally, qualifying grants/contracts from approved interdisciplinary
research centers are eligible for an extra allocation. An additional
20% is distributed directly to the individual interdisciplinary
research centers in accordance with the Centers and Double Sponsored
Research Incentive (Double SRI) policy found at http://research.ou.edu/policy/SponsoredResearchIncentive_Dbl.htm.
For more information, please contact the
Office of the Vice President for Research,
at 325-3806.
