---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 37.315"
title: "32"
number: "37.315"
heading: "What are the advantages of using a fixed-support TIA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/37.315"
---

# §37.315. What are the advantages of using a fixed-support TIA?


In situations where the use of fixed-support TIAs is permissible (see §§ [37.305](/cfr/32/37.305.md) and [37.310](/cfr/32/37.310.md)), their use may encourage some commercial firms' participation in the research. With a fixed-support TIA, you can eliminate or reduce some post-award requirements that sometimes are cited as disincentives for those firms to participate. For example, a fixed-support TIA need not:

- (a) **Specify minimum standards for the recipient's financial management system.**
- (b) Specify cost principles or standards stating the types of costs the recipient may charge to the project.
- (c) Provide for financial audits by Federal auditors or independent public accountants of the recipient's books and records.
- (d) **Set minimum standards for the recipient's purchasing system.**
- (e) **Require the recipient to prepare financial reports for submission to the Federal Government.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted.