Registration for the FDP Virtual January 26-28 Meeting is now open!

National Academies’ Latest Consensus Report citing FDP in Simplifying Research Regulations and Policies: Optimizing American Science.

Upcoming 2026 Meetings: January 26-28 (Virtual), May 27-29 (In-Person), & September 14-16 (Virtual)

The CUSP Sharing Site is now live!

Session Summaries, slide decks and recordings from the September 2024 FDP virtual meeting are available in Past Events – September 2024 Meeting.

Read the December 2024 NCURA Magazine article about FDP’s IT Security Term Sheet!

FDP FFATA Workload Survey Report

The White House OMB Briefing Room on 9/22/2023 references FDP Faculty Workload Survey data: “One study found that principal researchers on Federally funded research studies spent 42 percent of their time on administrative work and grant compliance.”

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Who We Are

The Federal Demonstration Partnership is an association of federal agencies and academic research institutions with administrative, faculty and technical representation. FDP works to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research and create resources that are available to the research enterprise, regardless of membership status.

FDP is unique in its ability to collaborate with federal agencies, universities, and research institutes to help reduce administrative burden and move research forward.

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Our Purpose

Researchers doing research, not administration

The FDP’s mission is to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research and foster collaboration to enhance the national research enterprise while maintaining high standards of stewardship and accountability. Our goal is for researchers to spend more time doing research and less time on administration.

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