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Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

1. Funding
2. Proposal
3. Award Process
4. Award Management
5. Intellectual Property
6. Ð°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢General Counsel

Research at USF: Roles and Responsibilities (PDF)

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Funding

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Internal Funding Guidelines

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Cash Receipt Management Procedure
• Equipment Ownership and Use of Research Cores and Core Equipment 
• Guidelines for Special Funding Requests
• Research Initiative Accounts (RIAs) of Departed Faculty/Staff
• Research Park: Moving Expenses and Furniture
• Start-up Funds, Guidelines

Proposal

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Overview

• Charging Costs Normally Classified as Indirect to Sponsored Projects

• Checklist for Subrecipients
• Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
• Conflict of Interest
• Cost Sharing
• Drug-Free Workplace: Drug Conviction Notification Procedure
• DS-2 Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement (Revision 2, effective 7/1/2020)
• DS-2 Approval Letter
• Export Controls (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Office of Export Controls)
• Extra Compensation on Contracts and Grants
• Cell Phone Exception (Sponsored Research)    
• Gifts and Sponsored Research Funding, Guidelines for 
• Proposal Submission Guidelines
  • Guidelines Memorandum
• Principal Investigator Eligibility Guidelines
• Signatures
• Tuition Payment Guidelines

Internal Funding Guidelines

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Equipment Ownership and Use of Research Cores and Core Equipment
• Guidelines for Special Funding Requests
• 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
• Service Center Operating Guidelines
• Unallowable Costs
• аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Service Center Manual for Research Activities - Guidelines and Procedures

Research Compliance

• • Biosafety
    • Biosafety
  • Certificate of Environmental Compliance
    
    
  • Conflict of Interest
    • Conflict of Interest in Research (All USF)
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  • Diving Safety
    • Diving Safety
  • Human Subject Research Protections
  • Misconduct in Research
    • аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Misconduct in Research Procedures
    • Standing Committee for Research Misconduct
    • аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Official Committee Charge
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  • Radiation Safety - General
  • Radiation Safety User Manual

Award Management

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
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• CAS Overview
• Charging Costs Directly or Indirectly to Federally Sponsored Projects 
• Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
• Conflict of Interest
• DS-2, Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement, Revised 03/09/2007 
• DS-2 Approval Letter
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OMB Guidance

• Uniform Guidance Implementation Guide
• - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
• - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations
•  - Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations

Federal Grant Policies

• Air Force Research Laboratory Grant Terms and Conditions 
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Other "Non-Profit Organizations"

Intellectual Property

• Material Transfer Agreements

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢General Counsel - All University Policies and RegulatiONS

• Regulations and Policies - Office of the General Counsel (Overview)
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