Research Support

Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

1. Funding
2. Proposal
3. Award Process
4. Award Management
5. Intellectual Property
6. USF General Counsel

Research at USF: Roles and Responsibilities (PDF)

NOTE: Many of the documents on this page are Acrobat PDF or Word Doc files.

Funding

• Limited Submissions (InfoReady)
• Research and Research Grants (USF 0-304) 

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

• Administration of Sponsored Research Subagreements (USF 0-302)
• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Delegations of General Authority and Signatory Authority (USF 0-100)
• 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
  • Individual Conflict of Interest in USF Research Projects and USF Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) (USF 0-309)
  • Ethical Obligations: Conflicts of Interest, Outside Employment, Employment of Relatives, and Public Office (USF10.107)
  • Conflict of Interest, USF Health
• Cost Sharing
• Drug-Free Workplace Policy (USF 0-610)
• 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 (USF Office of Export Controls)
• Export Control Compliance (USF 0-316)
• 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
• Exemptions from General Accounting and Purchasing Procedures (USF Regulation 12.002)
• 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
• USF Service Center Manual for Research Activities - Guidelines and Procedures

Research Compliance

• • Use of Animals in Research, Teaching, or Testing (USF Policy 0-308)
    • Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Principles/Procedures
  • Biosafety
    • Biosafety
    • Biosafety Program (USF Policy 0-311)
      
      
  • Certificate of Environmental Compliance
    
    
  • Conflict of Interest
    • Individual Conflict of Interest in USF Research Projects and USF Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) (USF 0-309)
    • Conflict of Interest in Research (All USF)
    • Conflict of Interest (USF Health)
      
      
  • Diving Safety
    • Diving Safety
    • Scientific Diving (USF Policy 0-312)
      
      
  • Human Subject Research Protections
    • Use of Human Subjects in Research (USF 0-305)
      
      
  • Misconduct in Research
    • Misconduct in Research (USF Policy 0-301)
    • USF Misconduct in Research Procedures
    • Standing Committee for Research Misconduct
    • USF Official Committee Charge
    • "On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research" (National Academy of Sciences)
      
      
  • Radiation Safety - General
  • Radiation Safety User Manual
  • Radioactive Waste Disposal Fees (USF 0-307)

Award Management

• Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
• Delegations of General Authority and Signatory Authority (USF 0-100) 
• CAS Overview
• Charging Costs Directly or Indirectly to Federally Sponsored Projects 
• Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
• Conflict of Interest
  • Individual Conflict of Interest in USF Research Projects and USF Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) (USF 0-309)
  • Conflict of Interest (USF Health)
• 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 Guidance

• Uniform Guidance Implementation Guide
• A-21 OMB Circular - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
• A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations
• A-133 OMB Circular - 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 
• U.S. Army Research Office - General Terms and Conditions (PDF)
• Department of Commerce - Office of Acquisition Management
• DOE Guide to Financial Assistance
• HHS Grants Administration Manual
• NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual
• NIH Grants Policy & Guidance
• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide 
• 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

• Inventions and Works Regulation (USF12.003)
• Inventions and Works Policy (USF 0-300)
• Material Transfer Agreements

USF General Counsel - All University Policies and RegulatiONS

• Regulations and Policies - Office of the General Counsel (Overview)
• Index of Current Regulations and Policies (database search tool)