Has anyone dealt much with grant funded projects? In my office it seems no one knows much about how they are regulated. Non-appropriated grants seem to be not a problem, but with federal grants, such as for a research study by a priniciple investigator, are always appropriated funding.
Currently i started working on a requirement for a research study for this generic drug and the effects it has. The Prinicple investigator applied for a received a federal grant (115 page long application). the PI was approved her grant and then a funding document came to me. i checked with fiscal and the funding is appropriated, but the PI has a prechoosen contractor as it was layed out in her application for the grant.
anyone know how this scenario would play out? the appropriated funding meets the definition of the FAR. is there some sort of unsolicitated research prescription in part 6 i'm unaware of?