Faculty Activity Database (FAD)
GRANT & CONTRACT CATEGORIES

R--Research and Research Support
Use this category for all grants and contracts that primarily serve to further the research mission of the institution by finding answers to questions, testing hypotheses, or generating new knowledge or developing new procedures or practices. This category includes basic research grants and clinical trials.

C--Clinical Service
Use this category for grants and contracts that provide for clinical treatment of individual patients or for a person to act as medical director of a clinical facility or service. Do not use this category for any clinical service that generates RVUs through UPA or VA. The G/C dollars in this category will be divided by the FTEs in this category to obtain a measure of clinical productivity in this category.

E--Education
Use this category for all grants and contracts that primarily serve to further the education and training mission of the institution by providing direct educational experiences (e.g., CME, Grand Rounds); implementing, evaluating, or improving educational systems or processes or improving teachers' skills; providing support for educational systems or activities; evaluating educational outcomes; or other education-related activities.

N--Non-Mission-Specific (Administrative) (Previously called "Non-Clinical Service")
Use this category for grants and contracts that do not directly further any of the three mission areas, even though they may broadly fit into one or more of the mission areas. Examples of grants and contracts in this category would be:

  1. HRRC services
  2. Journal Editing
  3. Administrative Support
  4. Program Reviews