#  Policies and Guidance 

 



##  Policies and Guidance 

 

 

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### OSP policies and guidance apply to all areas of the lifecycle of sponsored awards. For updates and an in-depth look at new policies follow the OSP Blog.



 

 

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##  Policies & Guidelines Library 

 



 A-Z LISTING BY TOPIC 

## A-Z LISTING

#### [A](#A) [C](#C) [D](#D) [E](#E) [F](#F) [G](#G) [I](#I) [N](#N) [O](#O) [P](#P) [R](#R) [S](#S) [T](#T)

 

 

##  A 

 



  [### Absence Management Guidance

 ](/absence-management-guidance) 

  [### Administrative and Clerical Salaries on Federal Awards

 ](/administrative-and-clerical-salaries-federal-awards) 

  [### At-Risk Account Guidance

 ](/at-risk-account-guidance) 

  [### Secondary Appointments for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellows (GRFP)

 ](/secondary-appointments-nsf-graduate-research) 

  

 

 

 



##  C 

 



  [### Capital Equipment: Summary of Policy for Capital Equipment in Schools with Sponsored Research

 ](/capital-equipment-policy) 

  [### Closeout and Reporting Policy for Sponsored Awards

 ](/closeout-and-reporting-policy-for-sponsored-awards) 

  [### Consulting or Related Service Agreements

 ](/consulting-or-related-service-agreements) 

  [### Cost Sharing Policy

 ](/cost-sharing-policy) 

  [### Cost Transfer Policy

 ](/cost-transfer-policy) 

  [### Sponsored Cost Allocation Methodology Guidance

 ](/sponsored-cost-allocation-methodology-guidance) 

  

 

 

 



##  D 

 



  [### Data Use Agreements

 ](/data-use-agreements) 

  

 

 

 



##  E 

 



  [### Effort Reporting Policy

 ](/effort-reporting-policy) 

  [### eRA Commons Registration Requirements for Senior/Key Personnel

 ](/era-commons-registration-requirements-seniorkey-personnel) 

  

 

 

 



##  F 

 



  [### Federal Work Study on Sponsored Awards Policy

 ](/federal-work-study-sponsored-awards-policy) 

  [### Fixed Price Residual Balances Guidance

 ](/guidance-fixed-price-sponsored-awards) 

  [### Foreign Awards Paid in Foreign Currency Guidance

 ](/foreign-awards-paid-foreign-currency-guidance) 

  [### Foreign Subrecipients: Access to Data Funded by NIH Grants/Cooperative Agreements

 ](/foreign-subrecipients-access-data-funded-nih) 

  [### Guidance on Charging Approved Family and Medical Leaves to Sponsored Awards

 ](/guidance-charging-approved-family-and-medical-leaves-sponsored-awards) 

  [### Secondary Appointments for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellows (GRFP)

 ](/secondary-appointments-nsf-graduate-research) 

  

 

 

 



##  G 

 



  [### Gift vs. Sponsored Award Policy

 ](/gift-vs-sponsored-research-policy) 

  [### GMAS Retraction Criteria

 ](/gmas-retraction-criteria) 

  [### Guidance for Graduate Student Compensation on NIH Research and Development Awards

 ](/guidance-graduate-student-compensation-nih-research-and-development-awards) 

  

 

 

 



##  I 

 



  [### Establishing an Internal Grant-Making Program

 ](/establishing-internal-grant-making-program) 

  [### Indirect Costs - Policy for the Application of Indirect Costs to Sponsored Awards

 ](/policy-application-indirect-costs-sponsored-awards) 

  [### Intellectual Property

 ](/intellectual-property) 

  [### Interest Income Paid on Non-Federal Sponsored Funds

 ](/interest-income-paid-non-federal-sponsored-funds) 

  [### Interfaculty Involvement (IFI) Guidance

 ](/interfaculty-involvement-ifi-guidance) 

  [### International Collaborations and Activities

 ](/international-collaborations-and-activities) 

  [### International Projects Guidance

 ](/international-projects-guidance) 

  

 

 

 



##  L 

 



  [### Guidance on Charging Approved Family and Medical Leaves to Sponsored Awards

 ](/guidance-charging-approved-family-and-medical-leaves-sponsored-awards) 

  

 

 

 



##  M 

 



  [### Guidance on Charging Approved Family and Medical Leaves to Sponsored Awards

 ](/guidance-charging-approved-family-and-medical-leaves-sponsored-awards) 

  

 

 

 



##  N 

 



  [### Negotiating and Signing Authority for Agreements Related to Research

 ](/Negotiating-and-Signing-Authority-for-Agreements-Related-to-Research) 

  [### NRSA Childcare Costs Guidance

 ](/nrsa-childcare-costs-guidance) 

  [### NRSA Institutional Allowance and Training Related Expenses Guidance

 ](/nrsa-institutional-allowance-and-training-related-expenses-guidance) 

  

 

 

 



##  O 

 



  [### On-Campus and Off-Campus Indirect Cost Rates Policy on Federal Sponsored Awards

 ](/on-campus-and-off-campus-indirect-cost-rates-policy-federal-sponsored-awards) 

  

 

 

 



##  P 

 



  [### Entering Preproposals into the Grants Management Application Suite (GMAS) Guidance

 ](/entering-preproposals-grants-management-application-suite-gmas-guidance) 

  [### Participant Support Costs Guidance

 ](/participant-support-costs-guidance) 

  [### Participation Agreement and Visiting Participation Agreement

 ](/participation-agreement) 

  [### Procurement

 ](/procurement) 

  [### Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs) – Attestation of Contract Employees on Federal Awards

 ](/business-process-peo) 

  [### Program Income Guidance

 ](/program-income-guidance) 

  [### Proposal Submission Deadlines

 ](/proposal-submission-deadlines) 

  [### Provost Criteria

 ](/provost-criteria) 

  [### Publications

 ](/publications-0) 

  [### Public Access Policy

 ](/nih-public-access-policy) 

  

 

 

 



##  R 

 



  [### Retention of Research Data and Materials

 ](/retention-research-data-and-materials) 

  

 

 

 



##  S 

 



  [### Service Centers: Academic Service Center Policy

 ](/service-centers) 

  [###  Severance on Sponsored Awards

 ](/severance-sponsored-awards) 

  [### Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Collaborations: Guidance on Conflict Management Considerations

 ](/small-business-innovation-research-sbir-and-small-business-technology) 

  [### Sponsored Expenditures Guidance

 ](/sponsored-expenditures-guidelines) 

  [### Stipends on Sponsored Awards

 ](/stipends-sponsored-awards) 

  [###  Subrecipient Monitoring Policy

 ](/subrecipient-monitoring-policy) 

  [### Subrecipient Monitoring Toolkit

 ](/subrecipient-monitoring-toolkit) 

  [### Subrecipient vs. Contractor Guidance

 ](/subrecipient-vs-contractor-guidance) 

  

 

 

 



##  T 

 



  [### Sponsored Travel Guidance

 ](/sponsored-travel-guidance) 

  [### Tuition Policy

 ](/tuition-policy) 

  

 

 

 



 

 

 

## BY TOPIC

 

 

  [### Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs)

 ](/business-process-peo) 

  [### 5 Day Policy

 ](/policies-guidance/5-day-policy) 

  [### Account Setup

 ](/policies-guidance/account-setup) 

  [### Administrative Costs

 ](/policies-guidance/administrative-costs) 

  [### Administrative Salaries

 ](/policies-guidance/administrative-salaries) 

  [### Air Fare

 ](/policies-guidance/air-fare) 

  [### At Risk

 ](/policies-guidance/risk) 

  [### Audits

 ](/policies-guidance/audits) 

  [### Capital Equipment

 ](/policies-guidance/capital-equipment) 

  [### Closeout

 ](/policies-guidance/closeout) 

  [### Consulting Agreements

 ](/policies-guidance/consulting-agreements) 

  [### Contractor

 ](/policies-guidance/contractor) 

  [### Cost Allocation

 ](/policies-guidance/cost-allocation) 

  [### Cost Principles

 ](/policies-guidance/cost-principles) 

  [### Cost Sharing

 ](/policies-guidance/cost-sharing) 

  [### Cost Transfers

 ](/policies-guidance/cost-transfers) 

  [### Data Retention

 ](/policies-guidance/data-retention) 

  [### Effort Certification

 ](/policies-guidance/effort-certification) 

  [### Effort Reporting

 ](/policies-guidance/effort-reporting) 

  [### Expenditures

 ](/policies-guidance/expenditures) 

  [### F&A Rates

 ](/policies-guidance/fa-rates) 

  [### Federal Work Study

 ](/policies-guidance/federal-work-study) 

  [### Fixed Price Awards

 ](/policies-guidance/fixed-price-awards) 

  [### Fly America

 ](/policies-guidance/fly-america) 

  [### Foreign Awards

 ](/policies-guidance/foreign-awards) 

  [### Foreign Currency

 ](/policies-guidance/foreign-currency) 

  [### Fringe Benefits Rates

 ](/policies-guidance/fringe-benefits-rates) 

  [### General Records Schedule

 ](/policies-guidance/general-records-schedule) 

  [### Gifts

 ](/policies-guidance/gifts) 

  [### Global Support Services

 ](/policies-guidance/global-support-services) 

  [### GMAS

 ](/policies-guidance/gmas) 

  [### Indirect Costs

 ](/policies-guidance/indirect-costs) 

  [### Intellectual Property

 ](/policies-guidance/intellectual-property) 

  [### Interest Income

 ](/policies-guidance/interest-income) 

  [### Internal Grant

 ](/policies-guidance/internal-grant) 

  [### Internal Interest Rates

 ](/policies-guidance/internal-interest-rates) 

  [### International Projects

 ](/policies-guidance/international-projects) 

  [### Monitoring Expenditures

 ](/policies-guidance/monitoring-expenditures) 

  [### MTDC

 ](/policies-guidance/mtdc) 

  [### NIH

 ](/policies-guidance/nih) 

  [### Off-campus

 ](/policies-guidance/campus) 

  [### On-campus

 ](/policies-guidance/campus-0) 

  [### OTD

 ](/policies-guidance/otd) 

  [### Parental Leave

 ](/policies-guidance/parental-leave) 

  [### Participation Agreement

 ](/policies-guidance/participation-agreement) 

  [### Preparing a Proposal

 ](/policies-guidance/preparing-proposal) 

  [### Preproposals

 ](/policies-guidance/preproposals) 

  [### Procurement

 ](/policies-guidance/procurement) 

  [### Program Income

 ](/policies-guidance/program-income) 

  [### Proposal Budget

 ](/policies-guidance/proposal-budget) 

  [### Proposal Review

 ](/policies-guidance/proposal-review) 

  [### Proposal Submission

 ](/policies-guidance/proposal-submission) 

  [### Provostial Review

 ](/policies-guidance/provostial-review) 

  [### Public Access

 ](/policies-guidance/public-access) 

  [### Publications

 ](/policies-guidance/publications) 

  [### Research Agreements

 ](/policies-guidance/research-agreements) 

  [### Residual Balance

 ](/policies-guidance/residual-balance) 

  [### SBIR

 ](/policies-guidance/sbir) 

  [### Service Agreements

 ](/policies-guidance/service-agreements) 

  [### Service Centers

 ](/policies-guidance/service-centers) 

  [### Severance

 ](/policies-guidance/severance) 

  [### Short Term Disability

 ](/policies-guidance/short-term-disability) 

  [### Signing Authority

 ](/policies-guidance/signing-authority) 

  [### Stipends

 ](/policies-guidance/stipends) 

  [### STTR

 ](/policies-guidance/sttr) 

  [### Subagreements

 ](/policies-guidance/subagreements) 

  [### Subrecipient

 ](/policies-guidance/subrecipient) 

  [### Subrecipient Monitoring

 ](/policies-guidance/subrecipient-monitoring) 

  [### Travel

 ](/policies-guidance/travel) 

  [### Tuition

 ](/policies-guidance/tuition) 

  [### Unreconciled Balance

 ](/policies-guidance/unreconciled-balance)