Body Of Knowledge

I. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 

• CLASSIC RESOURCES:

• Science and the Endless Frontier: A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush (1945)

• Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology - National Academy of Sciences (1995)

1. Collection and Dissemination of Information


 

1. Marketing - Internal and External

1. Identification of funding opportunities

• Sample list of resources: SRA's GrantsWeb/Resources

• Sample list of resources: University of Washington

• Sample list of private organizations: SRA's GrantsWeb/Resources - Private Funding

• Sample list of RFPs: NIH

• Sample service provider: InfoEd, COS

• Sample campus dissemination: Research Office Home Pages from TRAM and Penn State GIS and University of Missouri - Columbia

2. Identification of internal capabilities

• Sample keyword glossary: UCLA Sponsored Research Glossary

• Sample list of faculty Interests: Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

• Sample faculty database: University of Washington

2. Resource Documents, Application Materials and Information

• Sample agency proposal guide: National Science Foundation

• Sample application form service: University of Texas

• Sample application form download: Indiana University (Doesn't seem to have forms yet)

• Sample application form download: NIH Office of Extramural Research

3. Dissemination of Information/Publications

• Sample campus newsletter: University of Missouri - St. Louis and University of Pittsburgh

• Checklist: Publications

4. Liason

1. Internally

2. Funding Sources

3. Cooperative Arrangements

• Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant Applications

• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Applications

5. Public Relations

• General Overview

6. Agency Structure and Practice

2. Proposal Development


 

1. Proposal Writing

• Sample tips: Georgia Southern University

• Sample guide: Penn State University

• Sample guide: University of Montana

• Sample proposal writing course: The Foundation Center

• Agency View:

• Rating Grant Applications at the NIH

• Frequently Asked Questions on Proposal Preparation (NIH)

• NIH Peer Review Notes

2. Budget Preparation

• Sample guide: Penn State

• Sample guide: University of Montana

3. Documentation to Meet Sponsor Requirements

• Sample university policy: University of California

4. Internal Proposal Processing

• Sample university policy: University of California

5. Negotiation Techniques

• Sample guide (for software contracts): Sybex

• Becoming a Complete Negotiator (The Negotiation Institute)

6. Contracting Basics

• An Overview of Contracting

• Checklist: Contracts

• Checklist: Indemnification

• Checklist: Confidentiality

• Online Legal Dictionary

• Nolo Legal Glossary

3. Administration of Awards


 

• Overview: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

1. Monitoring Activity

2. Reports on Progress and Financial Status

3. Continuation Funding

4. Close Out

5. Changes in Project Status

• Sample university policy: Penn State

4. Ethics and Professionalism


 

• Overview:

• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research -- National Academy Press

• COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

• OPRR Compliance Oversight Procedures

1. Conflict of Interest

• Overview: HHS & NSF FAQ's


NSF Policy from Federal Register July 11, 1995 (PDF File)
PHS Policy from Federal Register July 11, 1995 (PDF File)
Conflict of Interest from On Being a Scientist -- NAP
AAU's Framework Documents on Managing Financial Conflicts of Interest

• Sample policies: AUTM

2. Bioethics

• Court decisions: Medical College of Wisconsin Bioethics Online Service

3. Human Subjects

• Overview: OSPTT: Human Subjects - Document Library

• Underlying statute: Sec. 474a. of the National Research Act, P.L. 93-348

• Basic Regulation

• Final Common Rule (Federal Register June 18, 1991) (PDF File)

• HHS

• 45CFR Part 46

• Exempted Research and Research That May Undergo Expedited Review

• History: The Belmont Report -- Ethical Principals and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Overview of human subject protection procedures:

• COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

• Frequently Asked Questions about Human Services Protection (OPRR)

• Sample professional association principles: American Psychological Association

4. Animal Care

• Underlying statute: Health Research Extension Act of 1985

• Underlying statute: Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (7 USC Chapter 54)

• OPRR: PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Tutorial

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: 1995

• Basic regulation:

• PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

• Basic Reading

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals -- National Academy Press

• ARENA Institutional Animal Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Sample university policy: University of Texas Health Science Center

• Overview of animal care procedures:

• COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

• Use of Electronic Communications for IACUC Functions

• OPRR - Laboratory Animal Welfare

• Index to OPRR Reports and Published Articles Authored by the OPRR Division of Animal Welfare

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

• FAQ's of 1991

• FAQ's of 1993

• FAQ's of 1995

• FAQ's of 1997

5. Professional

• Professional Conduct: On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research -- National Academy Press

• Misconduct in Science:

• Misconduct in Science from On Being a Scientist -- National Academy Press

• AAU's Framework for Institutional Policies and Procedures to Deal With Fraud in Research

• Responsibility of PHS Awardee and Applicant Institutions for Dealing With and Reporting Possible Misconduct in Science

• Integrity and Misconduct in Research Commission on Research Integrity (PDF File)

• Model Policies: Office of Research Integrity Model Policy on Scientific Misconduct (PDF File)

5. Intellectual Property


 

• Overview:

• COGR Good Practices Principles (Word Document)

• IP: The Practical and Legal Fundamentals (by T. G. Field, Jr.) via Franklin Pierce Law Center

• Checklist

1. Patents and Trademarks

• Patent Law: Patent Law from KuesterLaw

• Overview of patent law: COGR Guide to Bayh-Dole Act (PDF File)

• Patent Information from the U.S. Patent Office

• General Information Regarding Patents from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

• Provisional Application for Patent

• Patent law materials: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Trademark law materials: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Overview of trademarks and service marks: Paper by R. Lawrence Sahr, Attorney

• Basic Facts About Registering Trademarks from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

• Sample guidance on protecting technology: Paper by R. Lawrence Sahr, Attorney

• Sample university policy: University of California

2. Copyrights

• Copyright law: Copyright Law from Cornell

• Copyright basics: Copyright Basics from the Copyright Office

• Copyright Office: Copyright Office Web Site

• Copyright Office Circulars: Government Publications: Office Circulars

• Copyright law material: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Sample legal primer: Multimedia Law by J. Dianne Brinson and Mark F. Radcliffe

• Copyright resources: Multimedia Law for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors

3. Licensing

• Overview of university licensing programs: COGR Q&A

4. Commercialization

• Access to Research Tools: Report of the NIH Working Group on Research Tools--6/4/98

• Overview of technology transfer: COGR Q&A

• Definition of right of publicity: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law

5. Data

• Overview of policy considerations: COGR Guide

• Treatment of data: Experimental Techniques and the Treatment of Data from On Being a Scientist--NAP

6. Proprietary Information

• Overview of trade secrets: The Seamless Web

7. University-Industry Research Relationships

• Overview: COGR Guide

II. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPONSOR INTERFACE

1. Regulations and Statutes

1. Overview of Regulatory and Legislative Process

• Sample overview: University of California

2. Governmental Relations

• Overview: Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)

3. Mandated Requirements

2. Compliance - Federal/Sponsors and General Management Practices


 

1. Representations and Certifications

• Sample university guidance: University of California

2. Federal Management Requirements

• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

• Full-text version of entire FAR

• Federal Acquisition Regulations via SRA Grants International

• Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements

• Listing of Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Clauses

• Listing of NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) Clauses

• Listing of Department of Energy FAR Supplement (DEAR) Clauses

• OMB Circulars

• OMB Circulars

• Federal Agency Grant Requirements

• Public Health Service Grants Policy Statement

• National Science Foundation Grant Policy Manual

• Federal Demonstration Project General Terms and Conditions

• Other Federal Regulations

• FedWorld's Cost Accounting Standards Index

• U.S. Code (USC)

3. Institution Committees

• Institutional Review Board

• 45CFR Part 46

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

• PHS Policy on Human Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

• Go to Page 9 of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals -- National Academy Press

• Other

4. Federal Disclosure Requirements

5. Institutional and Sponsor Publication Requirements

• First amendment law materials: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Sample university policy: University of California

6. Federal Labor Standards

• Sample university policy: University of California

3. Federal/Sponsor Appeal Procedures


 

• Appeal procedures under HHS awards: DHHS Web Server

• Appeal procedures under GSA contracts: "Doing Business with GSA" Booklet

4. Legal Authority


 

1. Delegations of Authority

Sample university policy: University of California

III. FINANCIAL MANAGEMNENT

1. Budgeting/Accounting


 

• Overview of fiscal administration: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

1. Accounting Systems

• Determining allowability of costs

• Sample university policy: Penn State

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Allocating costs

• Sample university policy, PI responsibilities: Arizona State University

2. Management information systems

• Sponsor documents

• Internal documents

• Sample university policy: University of California

3. Special projects

• Effort reporting: Carnegie Mellon University

• Service centers4

• Program income

• Sample university policy: Penn State

• Internal controls

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Gifts vs. grants

• Sample university policy: University of California

2. Costs


 

1. Direct costs

• Sample university policy: University of California

2. Indirect costs (overhead)

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Sample university policy: Penn State

3. Indirect cost rates

• Development

• Negotiation

4. Cost sharing and matching

• Sample university policy: University of California

3. Sponsor Financial Reporting


 

4. Audit


 

• Overview of audits: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

• Overview of general management reviews: COGR Good Practices Principle

1. Types

2. Internal and External Requirements

• Sample university policy: University of California

IV. GENERAL MANAGEMENT

General Topics

• Tools and Techniques for Business Process Reengineering

1. Facility Management


 

• Overview of property management: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

1. Specialized Facilities

2. Property Utility and Equipment Management

• Inventory control

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Sale/disposal of equipment and property

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Lease vs. purchase

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Capital expenditures

• Sharing/pooling

• Central services

3. Safety and Health Requirements and Procedures

• Overview of safety and health procedures: COGR Good Practices Principle

• Sample university policy: University of California

4. Hazardous and Nonhazardous Materials

5. Security

• Sample university policy: University of California

6. Renovation and Construction - Differentiation & Impact Analysis

7. Biohazards

• Overview: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

8. Other

2. Contracts and Purchasing


 

• Overview of procurement: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

1. Basic Legal Concepts

• Overview of U.S. contract law: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Title 41 U.S. Code, Public Contracts: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

2. Management of Contracts and Purchasing

• General

• Sample university policy: University of California

• Consulting Agreements

• Sample university policy: Penn State

3. Termination and Appeals

• Discussion of contract term, termination, & externsion issues: ARL/Cause/Educom Coalition for Networked Information

• Appeal procedures under HHS awards: DHHS Web Server

• Appeal procedures under GSA contracts: "Doing Business with GSA" Booklet

3. Records Management


 

• Overview: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

• Sample university policy: University of California

4. Human Resource Management


 

• Overview: COGR Good Practices Principle (Word Document)

1. Staffing

• Sample university policy: New Mexico State University

2. Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity

• Employment discrimination law materials: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

• Sample university policy: University of California