Sponsored Projects Index
Sponsored Projects staff act as UCI's institutional officials in the review and submission of proposals to extramural sponsors for research, training and public service projects. Other institutional responsibilities include: negotiating and accepting awards on behalf of The Regents; drafting, negotiating and executing subcontracts; ensuring institutional compliance with Federal and State regulations, sponsor policy and University policy; representing the campus and The Regents when interacting with sponsors; coordinating pre-award and post-award actions that require either institutional or sponsor prior approval; and resolving problems related to sponsored projects.
Proposal Preparation
- Institutional Information
- Principal Investigator Eligibility
- Search for PI Exceptions
- Common Elements of a Proposal
- Obtaining Sponsored Projects Review and Endorsement
- Proposal File Transfer System
- Preparing Proposal Budgets
- Proposing Cost Sharing
- Requesting Research Cost Sharing
- Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates
- Limited Submissions
- Doing Research at the VA
- Is it a Gift, Grant or Contract?
- Review for Tobacco Industry Sponsors
- Postdoc Mentoring (RCR)
- Checklist for a Successful Grants.gov Submission
- Common Errors and Warnings
- Six Steps for Successful Submission
- SF 424 Templates
- Narrated Tutorial on How to Submit Grant Applications using Adobe
Pre-Award Administration
- Pre-Award Negotiations
- Final Documents Needed to Process an Award
- Draft Research Agreement
- Draft Clinical Trial Agreement
- Pre-Award Spending
- Revising Cost Sharing Commitments
Post-Award Administration
- e-Synopsis
- Initiating and Managing Subawards
- Guidelines for Direct Charging Sponsored Projects
- Guidelines for Justifying & Documenting Administrative Expenses
- Decision Tree - Charging Administrative Expenses
- Making Changes to an Approved Sponsored Project Budget
- Audits and Site Visits
- Fulfilling and Documenting Cost Sharing
- NIH Public Access to Publications Requirement
- Foreign Travel on Federal Awards
- NEW - Furlough Exchange Program Guidelines
- NEW - Furlough Exchange Program FAQ
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Sponsor Electronic Research Administration (eRA) Systems
Sponsors
- Federal Audit Clearinghouse (EIN Search)
- FDP
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Grants.gov
- NASA Grants
- NASA Procurement
- NIH
- NIH eRA Commons
- NSF
- NSF FastLane
- NSPIRES
- Other Federal Government
- United States Code
- United States Tax Code
- Federal Demonstration Partnership Terms & Conditions
- Cat. of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Acquisition Regulations
- OMB Circulars
Additional Resources
- NIH Change in Business Process
- CORCLR Task Force Review of ORUs
- Overcoming Barriers to Multidisciplinary Research
State of California
- State of California
- State of California Code
- State of California Administrative Manual
- State of California Contract Manual
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