Departmental research includes research, development, and scholarly activities that are not separately budgeted and accounted for (e.g., bridge, start-up funding). Departmental research is funded from budgets that are not restricted to a specific project. Space used to conduct departmental research should be functionalized as departmental research as part of the Instruction & Departmental Research function (IDR).
Organized research projects required a proposal or other application to obtain funding, have a defined scope of work associated with the project, anticipate a "deliverable" result, and require that periodic financial and progress reports be submitted to the sponsor. Space used to conduct organized research should be functionalized as organized research (OR).