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Northeastern University Policies & Procedural Guides

NU Fact Sheet, Rates, and Guidelines

• NU Fact Sheet for Completing Proposal Submissions - February 10, 2011
• NU Rate Agreement - July 1, 2011
• A Guide for Sponsored Project Expenditures - July 01, 2009
• A Guide to PIs Transferring Awards to Northeastern University - December 01, 2008

Northeastern University Policy Documents

• 5 Day Policy Reminder - March 1, 2011
• Policy and Procedure for Responding to Federal Programs with a Limited Number of Submissions per Institution - December 01, 2009
• Cost share policy - August 01, 2009
• Policy and Procedures for Cost Transfers on Sponsored Projects - June 01, 2009
• Policy on Eligibility to be a Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) - June 01, 2009
• Effort Reporting Policy - May 01, 2009
• Costing Policy - April 01, 2009
• Policy on Subcontracts and Subrecipient Monitoring - March 01, 2009
• Memo on DSPA/RAF policy requiring 5-day review period for proposal submission - September 01, 2008
• Policy & Procedure on Foreign Travel in Connection with Sponsored Research - January 25, 2008
• Northeastern's Policy on Misconduct in Scholarship and Research - June 01, 2002
• NU Professional Standards & Business Conduct Policy - January 01, 2002
• Internal Proposals for New Centers or Institutes - July 10, 1997
• Conflict of Commitment and Interest Policy (Link is to NU Faculty Handbook. Conflict of Commitment and Interest policy is located in section III. D.)
• Intellectual Property Policies (Link is to NU Faculty Handbook. Intellectual Property policies are covered under Patent and Copyright in section III. B.)

• Export Control Policies & Online Training (Link takes you to new page.)

Government and Agency Policies and Guidelines

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

• Circular A-110 -- Uniform Administrative Requirements
• Circular A-21 -- Cost Principles for Educational Institutions

NSF

• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide - January 4, 2010 (Link takes you to NSF website.)
• NSF Guidance on 49 USC 40118 - the "Fly America Act." (Link to NSF website.)
• Guidelines and Example for a Post Doc Mentoring Plan (Link to PDF document.)
• NSF Checklist (Link to PDF document.)

NIH

• NIH Grants Policy and Guidance (Link to NIH page.)
• NIH Grants Application Basics (Link to NIH page.)
• Take a look inside the NIH grants review process with these videos from the Center for Scientific Review (Link to CSR page.)
• NIH Salary Cap Policy (Link to NIH page.)
• NIH Office of Research Integrity Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research (Link to ORI PDF document.)
• NIH Electronic Grants Resources (includes annotated forms)