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Transfer of Equipment with Departing Faculty

Research, Sponsored Projects  |  Approved October 9, 2015

Purpose

Request transfer of equipment with a faculty member moving from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (海角官方首页) to another organization.

Applicability

Investigators and administrators who anticipate moving equipment to another organization. For more information on transferring an investigator to a new organization, review the Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) web page on . For assistance with specific questions or concerns regarding equipment transfer, contact your SPA Team manager.

Instructions

1. If a Principal Investigator (PI) is transferring to a not-for-profit institution and will continue on-going research, the PI may request to move equipment and other property purchased from sponsored awards to the not-for-profit organization.
   1. Review award terms and conditions for any restrictions or approval requirements
   2. Requests for transfer that may be rejected include:
      • Equipment was purchased from multiple awards with multiple investigators
      • Equipment is used by other researchers at 海角官方首页 for ongoing projects
      • Equipment was purchased with federal contract funds
   3. Equipment will not be transferred if it was purchased solely or partially with State of Maryland funds (for example, institutional funds, State of Maryland sponsored funding).
   4. Equipment may be transferred if it was purchased from gift funds (for example, 海角官方首页 Foundation) or was brought to 海角官方首页 by the PI from a prior institution.
   5. A list of equipment purchased with sponsored project funding at 海角官方首页 can be obtained from Financial Services, , by providing that office with the list of the PI鈥檚 Project IDs.
2. The PI鈥檚 request to transfer equipment must be made in writing. The written request must include a description of the equipment (e.g., make, model, year purchased if known), 海角官方首页 inventory tag number, and the source of funding (Project ID) from which purchased.
3. The PI鈥檚 request to transfer equipment should be routed for approvals with the PI鈥檚 request to transfer active sponsored awards. The request for equipment transfer must be approved by the Department Chair and Dean, and then submitted to SPA.
4. SPA will approve the equipment transfer for 海角官方首页. SPA will:
   1. Forward the approved list to Capital Equipment Inventory.
   2. Forward the approved list to the PI鈥檚 new institution for transfer and acceptance of title to the equipment.