Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
Research at USF: Roles and Responsibilities 
Funding
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 Initiative Accounts (RIAs) of Departed Faculty/Staff
- 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
- Individual Conflicts of Interest in USF System Research Projects (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
- Principal Investigator Eligibility Guidelines
- 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
- Biosafety
- Certificate of Environmental Compliance
- Conflict of Interest
- Individual Conflicts of Interest in USF System Research Projects (USF Policy 0-309)
- Conflicts of Interest in Research (All USF)
- Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest, Health Sciences
- Diving Safety
- Misconduct in Research
- Misconduct in Research Policy (USF 0-301)
- Standing Committee for Research Misconduct
- USF Official Committee Charge
- "On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research" (National Academy of Sciences)
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
- Individual Conflicts of Interest in USF System Research Projects (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
- Financial Closeout of Fixed-price Sponsored Award Agreements (USF 0-314)
- 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
