Reported is a study of research programs within the University of North Carolina that provided the basic information needed in the preparation of an official policies and procedures statement. Contents include: (1) an inventory of research being conducted; (2) an assessment of various classification schemes for accounting and reporting the research programs; (3) an analysis of several substantive issues of current interest relating to research administration within universities in general; (4) an analysis and recommendations relating to the administration of overhead policies and procedures; and (5) a set of general recommendations relating to research administration that are applicable at any university. (Author/MSE)