Grants and Research Policies/Procedures
Pre-Award
People with Answers, including:
- Office of Grants and Contracts (OCG) Representatives
- CLAS Deans' Office Contacts
Grant Development Steps
Identifying Grant/Research Opportunities
Training
Required of all Principlal Investigators BEFORE Submitting Proposals
Preparing the Grant Budget
- Budget Planning Guide
- Cost Sharing Policy (pdf)
- CLAS Policy on Course Buyouts in Proposals
- Fiscal Policy for Direct Charges to Federally Sponsored Projects (pdf)
- F&A Rates (pdf)
- F&A Waivers
- Fringe Benefit Rates
- Tuition Rates (Remission)
Writing the Proposal
- Boilerplate Administrative Info (i.e. official address, DUNS#, EIN, etc.)
- Sponsor forms, gudiance and instructions (Links for NIH, NSF, DOE, etc.)
- NIH Forms
Internal Approvals/Routing Submissions
- Institutional Submission Deadlines (IMPORTANT!)
- Proposal Routing Form
- Proposal Routing Form Instructions
Contracts/Sub-Awards
- Contracting Process
- Subcontract Checklist
- Subrecipient Agreement Information
- Subrecipient Agreement Form
- Consortium Letter Template
Post-Award
Establishing a Pre-Award Account
Time and Effort Reporting Process (PERS) (pdf)
Guidelines for Submitting Post-Award Requests and Reports, including:
- Budget Modifications
- No-cost Extensions
- Progress and Financial Report Submissions
Compliance Issues (non-financial)


