A formalized agreement or secondary contract in which a third party (subcontractor) agrees to perform some of the activities defined in a primary proposal; agreed upon at the time of submission but not consummated until after the award has been made to the primary grantee. Under the agreement, the grantee must perform a substantive role in the conduct of the planned research and not merely serve as a conduit of funds to another party or parties. UTMB applies F&A to first $25,000 of the subaward. Characteristics of a subrecipient are:Has its performance measured against whether the objectives of the program are met Has responsibility for programmatic decision-making Has responsibility for adherence to applicable Federal program compliance requirements Uses Federal funds to carry out a program of the organization as compared to providing goods or services for a program of the pass-through entity

The legal entity to which a subgrant is awarded and which is accountable to the grantee for the use of the funds provided.

A non-federal entity that expends federal awards received from a pass-through entity to carry out a federal program, but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such a program. It also excludes vendors that receive federal funds in exchange for goods and/or services in the course of normal trade or commerce.

a third-party organization performing a portion of Harvard research projects or other sponsored programs

A third-party organization performing a portion of a grant project. The terms of the relationship are documented in a Memorandum of Agreement. The funder holds the grant awardee responsible for all actions taken by both the awardee and the Subrecipient.

See "Subgrantee."