Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

Funding | Proposal | Award Process | Award Management | Intellectual Property | General Counsel

Research at USF: Roles and Responsibilities

Funding

• Limited Submissions
• Research and Research Grants (USF 0-304)

Internal Funding Guidelines

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Cash Receipt Management Procedure
• Equipment Matching Funds
• Equipment Ownership and Use of Research Cores and Core Equipment
• Faculty Support Funding
• Guidelines for Special Funding Requests
• Loans, Requests for
• Research Park: Moving Expenses and Furniture
• Start-up Funds, Guidelines

Proposal

• Administration of Subcontracts and Subgrants (USF 0-302)
• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Authority to Sign Contracts and Other Documents (USF 0-100)
• Charging Costs Directly or Indirectly to Federally Sponsored Projects
• CAS Overview
• Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
• Conflict of Interest
• Conflict of Interest (USF Policy 0-309)
• Outside Employment and Nepotism (USF10.107)
• Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest, Health Sciences
• Cost Sharing
• Drug-Free Workplace Policy (USF 0-610)
• Drug-Free Workplace: Drug Conviction Notification Procedure
• DS-2 Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement, Revised, 03/09/2007
• DS-2 Approval Letter
• Export Control
• Faculty Extra Compensation Guidelines for Research
• Faculty Extra Compensation
• Faculty Extra State Compensation Procedures
• Gifts & Grants for Research & Training
• Large, Interdisciplinary, or Otherwise Complex Proposals
• Proposal Submission Guidelines
• Guidelines Memorandum
• Signatures
• Sponsored Research Exemptions from Purchasing Procedures, USF Regulation 12.002 (formerly Policy 0-303)
• Tuition Payment Guidelines

Internal Funding Guidelines

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Cash Receipt Management Policy and Procedure
• Equipment Matching Funds
• Equipment Ownership and Use of Research Cores and Core Equipment
• Faculty Support Funding
• Guidelines for Special Funding Requests
• Loans, Requests for
• Research Park: Moving Expenses and Furniture
• Start-up Funds, Guidelines

Award Process

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Cost Sharing
• Cost Transfers
• Effort Reporting: PERT System
• Internal Cash Receipt Management Procedure
• Property
• Service Centers
• Unallowable Costs

Research Compliance

• Animal Use in Research, Teaching, and Testing (USF Policy 0-308)
• Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Policy
• Biosafety
• Biosafety
• Biosafety Program Policy (USF 0-311)
• Certificate of Environmental Compliance
• Conflict of Interest
• Conflict of Interest (USF Policy 0-309)
• Conflicts of Interest in Research (All USF)
• Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest, Health Sciences
• Diving Safety
• Diving Safety
• Scientific Diving Policy (USF 0-312)
• Human Subject Protection
• Human Subjects in Research, Statement of Policy Regarding Use of (USF 0-305)
• Misconduct in Research
• Misconduct in Research Policy (USF 0-301)
• Standing Committee for Research Misconduct
• USF Official Committee Charge
• Responsible Conduct of Research, Guidelines for
• "On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research" (National Academy of Sciences)
• Radiation Safety - General
• Radiation Safety -User Manual
• Radioactive Waste Disposal Fees (USF 0-307)

Award Management

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Authority to Sign Contracts and Other Documents (USF 0-100)
• CAS Overview
• Charging Costs Directly or Indirectly to Federally Sponsored Projects
• Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
• Conflict of Interest
• Conflict of Interest (USF Policy 0-309)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation
• Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest, Health Sciences
• DS-2, Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement, Revised 03/09/2007
• DS-2 Approval Letter
• Research and Research Grants (USF 0-304)

OMB Circulars

• A-21, "Cost Principles for Educational Institutions" (2 CFR, Part 220)
• A-110, "Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations" (2 CFR, Part 215)
• A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations"

Federal Grant Policies

• Air Force Research Laboratory Grant Terms and Conditions
• AFOSR Grant Terms and Conditions
• ARO General Terms and Conditions for Grant Awards to Educational Institutions and Other Nonprofit Organizations 
• DOC
• DOE Guide to Financial Assistance
• HHS Grants Administration Manual
• NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
• NIH Grants Policy & Guidance
• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, January 2008 (Web) (PDF)
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide
• NSF Award and Administration Guide
• Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Rule

Other "Non-Profit Organizations"

• ONR Basic Research Grant Terms & Conditions
• PHS Grants Policy Statement
• USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Award Terms and Conditions

Intellectual Property

• Brief Guidelines
• Inventions and Works Regulation (USF12-003)
• Inventions and Works Policy (USF 0-300)
• Material Transfer Agreements

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