Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
FDP membership consists of 10 federal agencies and 217 institutional recipients of federal funds. FDP has a wide variety of member institutions, providing federal agencies easy access for testing systems, analyzing the impact of policy changes, and conducting surveys to the broad research community.
FDP member institutions include large and small, public and private, research- intensive universities, predominantly undergraduate institutions, research hospitals and medical centers, emerging research institutions, and independent research institutes and labs.
The FDP uses committees, subcommittees and working groups to accomplish its goals. The committees are divided into Operational Committees and Programmatic Committees. The Operational Committees oversee the functioning of the organization, while the Programmatic Committees are formed around the areas of research administration where the FDP works in trying to gain efficiency. For more information on the various committees of FDP please click on the links below:
Operational Committees
- Executive Committee
- Membership Committee
- Infrastructure Committee
- Finance Committee
- Communications Committee
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Programmatic Committees
- Faculty Steering Committee
- Emerging Research Institution (ERI) Steering Committee
- Research Systems Technology Committee (RSTC) Research Administration Committee
- Finance, Audit, and Costing Committee
- Research Compliance Committee
FDP meets three times a year. Harvard has many representatives from across the University that attend the meetings and volunteer to serve on the various committees and subcommittees.
Proposal Stage
When Harvard is a subawardee to another FDP institution, the standard statement of intent (SOI) should be used as a cover page and must be signed by a central office (ORA, OSP, SPA) Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR). Please contact your central office representative to complete the SOI. Large amounts of institutional information beyond what is captured in our SOI should not be requested, as this information can be found in the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse. Any additional request for institutional information should be communicated to your central office representative.
Managing an FDP Award
Some prior approval requirements are waived for FDP members, reducing the administrative burden.