Operating Standards & Procedures
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OSP Operating Standards and Procedures
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100 • Overview of Research Administration
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200 • General Operating Standards
- 200.01 – Office of Sponsored Programs Responsibilities
- 200.02 – Signature Authority
- 200.03 – Principal Investigator Eligibility
- 200.04 – Principal Investigator Responsibilities
- 200.05 – Departmental Administrator Responsibilities
- 200.06 – Deans, Directors, and Department Heads Responsibilities
- 200.07 – RAMSeS (Research Administration Management System and eSubmission)
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300 • Proposal Development and Submission
- 300.01 – Shared Responsibilities for Proposal Review and Institutional Approval
- 300.02 – Master Agreements and Task Orders
- 300.03 – Deadlines for Proposal Submission to University Offices
- 300.04 – Pre-Submission Compliance Requirements
- 300.05 – Proposal Budget Requirements
- 300.06 – Direct Costs
- 300.07 – Direct Costs Personnel
- 300.08 – Direct Costs Non-Personnel
- 300.09 – Indirect Costs
- 300.10 – Just-in-Time Submission Requirements
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400 • Award Acceptance and Establishment
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500 • Award Management
- 500.01 – Federal and University Award Management Guides
- 500.02 – Departmental Award Management Responsibilities
- 500.03 – Prior Approval Requests
- 500.04 – Pre-Audit Approval of Transactions
- 500.05 – Personnel Expenditures
- 500.06 – Institutional Base Salary for Sponsored Projects
- 500.07 – Cost Sharing
- 500.08 – Capitalized Equipment
- 500.09 – Transfer or Sale of Capitalized Equipment
- 500.10 – Travel
- 500.11 – Outgoing Subrecipient Agreements
- 500.12 – Consultants
- 500.13 – Tuition Remission on Sponsored Projects
- 500.14 – Cash Advances
- 500.15 – Additional Non-Personnel Expenditures
- 500.16 – Cost Accounting Standards Exemptions
- 500.17 – PrePaid Cards
- 500.18 – Changes to Award Terms and Conditions
- 500.19 – Budget Revisions
- 500.20 – Cost Transfers
- 500.21 – Carryover of Unobligated Balances
- 500.22 – Unallowable Expenditures and Overdrafts