FAIR is a new approach to supporting research and ensuring American leadership in science and innovation.
Features of the FAIR Model
- Enhances transparency and accountability, adopting elements of the private foundation funding model and industry charging structures that make costs more visible and explicit through new trackable costing categories.
- Provides greater visibility on the drivers of research costs, including regulatory expenses, so researchers, institutions, government, and taxpayers can more clearly understand what contributes to the safe and ethical conduct of science.
- Aligns reimbursement with actual project needs, replacing the current F&A model that is applied across all research types at an institution with tailored support that reflects the specific type and cost of each research project.
Support Implementation of the FAIR Model
We ask lawmakers to:
- Block federal action to cap or otherwise change existing negotiated F&A rates until OMB and federal agencies have worked with the stakeholder community to develop a clear plan for implementation of a new system based on the FAIR model.
- Ensure at least a two-year transition period for agencies and institutions to make the necessary changes to accommodate a new model.
- Preserve the existing F&A reimbursements system until the new model is fully implemented and operational across federal research funding agencies
Efforts to cut essential costs of research undermine our national leadership in science and the innovations it yields.
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