Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)

The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) is a cooperative, non-profit association of federal research agencies, universities and the National Academy of Science's Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable aimed at reducing administrative burden on Principal Investigator and works to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research and to improve the federal/university research support relationship.

History

Sometimes Federal-Wide Terms and Conditions (ORSP site) are referred to as FDP because they were first established by the FDP. Now, the latest version of the Federal-Wide Terms and Conditions are available and hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), AND they impact all federal agencies (not just NSF).

In addition to the basic RTCs, each member federal agency has a supplemental set of agency-specific terms and conditions. A typical grant is actually covered by both the federal-wide Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) and the agency-specific terms and conditions. 

See also: 

• Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) (FDP Website)
• FDP Checklist to Determine Subrecipient or Contractor Involvement (ORSP Website)
• FDP Subrecipient Expanded Clearinghouse (ORSP Website)
• Federal Terms and Conditions/Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) (NSF Website)