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
- 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
Sponsor ERA Systems
General Information- Grants.gov
- NIH and Grants.gov
- NSF and Grants.gov
- NIH eRA Commons
- NSF FastLane
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
- NEW - NIH Public Access to Publications Requirement
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