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
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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
- Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
- Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Overview
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Charging Costs Normally Classified as Indirect to Sponsored Projects
- Checklist for Subrecipients
- Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
- Conflict of Interest
- Cost Sharing
- 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)
- Extra Compensation on Contracts and Grants
- Cell Phone Exception (Sponsored Research)
- Gifts and Sponsored Research Funding, Guidelines for
- Proposal Submission Guidelines
- Principal Investigator Eligibility Guidelines
- Signatures
- 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
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- Biosafety
- Certificate of Environmental Compliance
- Conflict of Interest
- Diving Safety
- Human Subject Research Protections
- Misconduct in Research
- USF Misconduct in Research Procedures
- Standing Committee for Research Misconduct
- USF Official Committee Charge
- (National Academy of Sciences)
- Radiation Safety - General
- Radiation Safety User Manual
Award Management
- Allowable Expenses on Research Initiatives
- CAS Overview
- Charging Costs Directly or Indirectly to Federally Sponsored Projects
- Clarification or Change in Procedure (CCHIP)
- Conflict of Interest
- DS-2, Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement, Revised 03/09/2007
- DS-2 Approval Letter
OMB Guidance
- Uniform Guidance Implementation Guide
- - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
- - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations
- - Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations
Federal Grant Policies
Other "Non-Profit Organizations"
Intellectual Property
USF General Counsel - All University Policies and RegulatiONS
- Regulations and Policies - Office of the General Counsel (Overview)
- (database search tool)