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Procedures

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs provides a guide to procedures for research administration. This area is currently under construction.

A
Identification of Funding Opportunities
A01
How to Use PIVOT
A02
Internal Funding
A03
Distribute Funding Opportunity Information
A04
Sponsored Project Activity Types
A05
Eligibility - Institutional and Principal Investigator
A06
Gift vs. Sponsored Award
A07
Limited Submissions
A08
Confirm That Proposal Is In-Line with Departmental and Institutional Mission
A09
Proposal Writing Schedule Checklist
A10
Reserved
A11
Departmental Research
B
Proposal Preparation and Submission
B01
Intent to Submit
B02
Pre-proposals
B03
Guideline Interpretation 
B04
Technology Transfer
B05
Budget Preparation
Budget - Salaries and Wages
Budget - Compensation - Fringe Benefits
Budget - Equipment and Other Capital Expenditures
Budget - Indirect Costs
Budget - Maintenance and Repair Costs
Budget - Materials and Supplies Costs, Including Costs of Computing Devices
Budget - Memberships, Subscriptions, and Professional Activity Costs
Budget - Participant Support Costs
B05.09
Budget - Pre-award costs
Budget - Subrecipient Costs
Budget - Professional Service Costs
B05.12
Budget - Scholarships and student aid costs
B05.13
Budget - Specialized service facilities
B05.14
Budget - Training and education costs
B05.15
Budget - Transportation costs
Budget - Travel costs
Budget - Direct Charge Administrative and Clerical Costs
B05.18
Budget - Human Subjects Payments
Budget - Student Compensation
B06
Cost Sharing or Matching
B07
Research Incentive (RI) Distribution
B08
Space - Coordinate, assign and approve requests
B09
Identify Research Compliance Issues (IRB, IACUC, COI, etc.)
B10
Verify Research Compliance adherence
B11
Fixed Price Agreements
B12
Reserved
B13
Reserved
B14
Proposal Preparation
B14.01
Proposal - Prepare technical proposal
B14.02
Proposal - Secure Provost and/or VPFA signature on other attachments as specified in the proposal guidelines
Proposal - Proposal Submission Deadlines
B14.04
Proposal - Technology Transfer
B14.05
Proposal - Review proposal packet for completeness and accuracy prior to routing for internal approvals
Proposal - Proposal Review and Approval Routing
Proposal - Signature Authority
B15
Reporting Other Support
C
Pre-Award/Post-Submission
C01
Review and Negotiate Sponsored Agreements
C02
Maintain proposal pending files and database
C03
Departmental Guarantee Memorandum (DGM)
C04
Prepare sponsor required just-in-time documents
D
Regulatory Environment
D01
Human Subjects Research/IRB
D02
Animal Subjects Research/IACUC
D03
Conflict of Interest (COI)
D04
Representations and Certifications 
D05
Biannual Compliance Notifications
D06
Responsible Conduct of Research
D07
CITI Training
D08
Facility Security
D09
ClinicalTrials.gov
D10
Research Data Management, Sharing, and Security
Export Control
D10.02
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
D10.03
Research Data Management Plan
D10.04
Research Data Sharing Plans
D11
Subaward Monitoring and Management
D12
Suspension and Debarment
E
Award Negotiation, Acceptance, and Account Establishment
E01
Award - Acceptance and Negotiation
E02
Award - Special Terms and Conditions
E03
Award - Agree to terms and conditions regarding performance clauses
E04
Request PTA Account Setup
E05
Establish PTA account in oracle
E06
Award - Send copy of Award Letter (i.e. Notice of Award) to PI and appropriate unit support (e.g. Business Unit Manager or CFAO) from Leo
E07
Research Incentive (RI) Distribution - New Account
E08
Provide documentation of certifications of approvals to sponsors
E09
Sponsored Project Agreement Types
E10
Reserved
E11
Approve and or negotiate exceptional contract terms and conditions outside of standard practice
E12
Award - Budget revision and change of scope due to funding reduction from proposal to Award (document for cost share implications)
F
Audits
F01
Internal Audit
F02
External Audit
G
Managing the Award - Financial
G01
Award Management
G02
Service Agreements
G03
Clinical & Translational Research Unit (CTRU)
H
Managing the Award - Non-Financial
H01
Conduct the sponsored project and provide overall oversight on all research activities
H02
Reconcile expenditures to budget/revenue monthly
H03
Personnel - Assign research personnel for the project
H04
Personnel - Hire research personnel
H05
Progress/Technical Reports
H06
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
H07
Provide oversight on the implementation of University, state and federal policies and regulations
H08
Project changes requiring prior approval and expanded authority from the sponsor
I
Financial Reporting
I01
Provide information for and prepare financial reports
I02
Review and analyze financial reports to external sponsors
I03
Provide interim financial reports to the sponsor
J
Closing Out the Award
J01
Cost Share - Document costs sharing funds as required
J02
Investigator Separation
J03
Equipment disposition and/or transfer
J04
Transfer residuals from fixed-price agreements
J05
Closeout Checklist
J06
Reports - Notify PI of the need for completion of final technical report
J07
Reports - Prepare and submit final technical report to sponsor 
J08
Reports - Prepare and submit financial report and final invoice as required to sponsor
J09
Inactivate grant account
J10
File appropriate closeout documentation
K
Administrative Transactions
K01
Budget Revision
K02
Key Personnel Changes
K03
Research Incentive (RI) Distribution - Distribution Change
K04
Organizational Code Change
K05
No Cost Extension
K06
Stop Work Order
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