Grants Handbook Index
Pre-Award: Proposal Development and Submission
Process Overview
Faculty Proposals
Institutional Proposals
Roles
Controller’s Office
Corporate & Foundation Relations Office
Dean of Curriculum and Faculty Development
Department Chair
Institutional Oversight Committees: IACUC, IBC, IRB
Library and Information Services (LIS)
Principal Investigator
Eligibility and Submission Limits
New Researchers
Project Directors
Sponsored Research Office
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Vice President for Finance & Treasurer
Budget Development
Allowable Costs
Budget Outline
Cost Sharing
Direct Costs: Salary, Wages, Fringe
Fringe Benefit Rate
Personnel
Faculty Salary
Academic Year
Course Release
Leave
Summer
Project Staff Salary and Wages
Student Wages and Stipends
Academic Year (hourly rate)
Summer (stipend)
Direct Costs: Other
Communications
Computers & Media Gear
Consultants
Equipment
Bidding Requirements
Federal Grants: How Defined
Human Subjects Payments
Miscellaneous
Participant Support Costs
Publication
Subawards
Supplies
Travel
Facilities & Administration Costs
Indirect Costs
Matching Fund
Overhead
Budget FAQs
Budget Justification
NIH
NSF
Other sponsors
Endorsement (Blue Sheet)
About
Attachments
Form
Procedures
Signatures
Proposal Development
Preliminary Steps
Deadlines
Timeline
Proposal Writing Tips & Advice
Tips & Advice for the Humanities
Tips & Advice for the Natural Sciences
Tips & Advice for the Social Sciences
Other Resources
Internal Proposal Review
Proposal FAQs
Forms, Attachments, Data, Tools
Middlebury College Forms and Attachments
Blue Sheet
Budget Template
College Endorsement Form
Conflict of Interest
PHS/NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
Conflicting Financial Interest Disclosure Form
Data Management Plans
F&A Rate Agreement
Family Relationship Disclosure
Generic Budget Spreadsheet
Generic Institutional Profile
Grant Proposal Endorsement Form
Impact Statements
Institutional Facts, Rates, Data
Internal Endorsement Form (Blue Sheet)
IRB Application Guide
IRS Determination of Non-Profit Status (503c)
Leave Request Form
NIH Assurance
NSF Data Management Plan Guide
Organizational Prior Approval System (OPAS) Form
PHS/NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
RCR Certification
RUI Impact Statement
Significant Financial Interest Disclosure Form
Sole Source Form
Time & Effort Form
Sponsor Forms and Attachments
Grants.gov
NEH Programs
NIH Forms and Applications
PHS398 Forms
Forms FAQ
Proposal Submission
Approval to Submit
Collaborative Proposals
Deadlines
Roles
Controller’s Office
Corporate and Foundation Relations
Principal Investigators
Project Directors
Sponsored Research Office
Submitting Proposals By Mail
Submitting Proposals Electronically
Sponsor Review
Post-Award: Grants Administration
Process Overview
Faculty Proposals
Institutional Proposals
Roles
Controller’s Office
Corporate & Foundation Relations Office
Principal Investigator/Project Director
Sponsored Research Office
Using Grant Funds
Allowable Costs
Cost Overruns
Charging Expenses to Grants
Consultants
Equipment
Professional Services
Salaries & Wages
Faculty
Staff
Students
Supplies
Time and Effort
Travel
Grants and Banner
Monitoring Expenses and Managing the Grant
Purchasing
Subawards and Subcontracts
Closeout
Increments, Continuations, Renewals
No-Cost Extensions
Supplements
Project Changes
Budget Revisions
Changes in Project Scope
Changes in Project Personnel
Cost Transfers
Pre-expenditure
Retroactive
Reports
Effort Reports
Financial Reports
Intellectual Property Disclosure
Technical/Research Reports
Time & Effort Reports
Subawards
Post-Award Procedures FAQs
Compliance
Federal Policy
Americans with Disabilities
Animal Care and Use
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control
Blocking Terrorism (Executive Order 13224)
Bloodborne Pathogens
Buy American Act
Byrd Amendment
Civil Rights Act
Conflict of Interest
Public Health Service (NIH, CDC) - interim policy
Other Sponsors
Constitution & Citizenship Day
Davis Bacon Act
Debarment and Suspension
Delinquency on Federal Debt
Discrimination
Drug-Free Schools & Communities
Drug-Free Workplace
Equal Employment Opportunity
Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review)
Export Controls & Trade Sanctions
Fly America Act
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Waste
Human Subjects
Intergovernmental Review (Executive Order 12372)
Lobbying
Military Recruiting
Misconduct in Research
NIH Assurance
NIH Public Access Policy
OSHA, Laboratory Safety
OSHA, Workplace Safety
PHS/NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Radiation
Recombinant DNA
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Responsible Conduct of Research
Smoke-Free Workplace
Stevens Amendment
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
Whistleblower Protection
PI Assurances
Debarment and Suspension
Delinquency on Federal Debt
Drug-Free Workplace Policy
Lobbying
NIH Assurance
Responsible Conduct of Research
Significant Financial Interest
Controller’s Office
Account Close-Out
Approval of Grant Expenditures
Bidding Process for Purchases
Cash
Contract Management
Contract Signature Levels
Cost Transfers
Effort Reporting
Facilities and Administration (F&A) Rate
Financial Oversight of Grants & Contracts
Controller’s Office Responsibilities
PI Responsibilities
SRO Responsibilities
Financial Reports
Overdraft Writeoff
Procurement/Disbursements
Program Income
Miscellaneous
Time & Effort Reporting
Other College Policies
Academic Fraud
Conflicting Financial Interest
Consulting
Contract Signature Levels
Contracts and Grants Policy
Family Relationship Disclosure
Grant Proposal Endorsement
Human Subjects Research
Intellectual Property
Leave Salary
Misconduct in Research
Organizational Prior Approval System (OPAS)
Procurement
Research Leave Program
Research Policies
Significant Financial Disclosure
Summer Salary
Institutional Oversight Committees
Animal Research
Hazardous Chemicals
Human Subjects Research
Radioactive Materials
rDNA and Biohazards
Policies & Procedures FAQs
Grant Opportunities
External Funding Sources
Federal Sources
Non-Federal Sources
Leave Funding
Grants INFO
Internal Support
Search Tools
GrantForward
Grants.gov
IRIS
NSF Index
SPIN
Funding FAQs
Glossary and Abbreviations
