For additional information, please also refer to:
- Formulating Research Policies and Procedures at the University of Iowa;
- University of Iowa Operations Manual; and
- University of Iowa Research Administration Handbook
- Access to Research Information - UI Operations Manual policy for public access to research information.
- Administrative Surveys and Questionnaires - UI Operations Manual policy on the use of surveys and questionnaires in research.
- Advance Accounts - If your grant or contract will be awarded soon, you can request an advance account and purchase items in advance of the award date.
- Animal Subjects - Procedures and regulations for the use of vertebrate animals in research.
- Assurances - A brief description of the assurances and certifications that apply to most federal grants.
- Centers Policy - How a research project becomes a designated UI research center.
- Charging Facilities and Adminitrative (F&A) Costs to Grants and Contracts
- Conflict of Interest / Financial Disclosure - Federal regulations and UI policy require the disclosure and management of any conflict of interest related to sponsored programs. Click here to find out what must be disclosed.
- Corporate and Industry Sponsored Projects Policy - Governing policy for the management of corporate and industry sponsored projects.
- Cost Sharing Policy and Procedure Statement - UI policy regarding cost shared expenditures.
- Cost Sharing Request Form - Forms and procedures to request equipment and non-equipment cost sharing from the Vice President for Research.
- Costing for Animals without Active IACUC Approval - Policy & Guidelines
- Employment on Grants and Contracts Administered by the University of Iowa - See section 17.17.(4) of the UI Operations Manual for policies governing the employment of UI faculty and staff on externally funded projects.
- Environmental Health & Safety Office
- Office of Institutional Equity - Information on equal opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity policies at the University of Iowa
- Ethics in Research - UI Operations Manual policy on ethics in research.
- Graduate Assistant Tuition Scholarship Policy - Information on charging graduate assistant tuition to sponsored projects.
- Guidelines for Defining, Requesting, and Receiving Gifts and Sponsored Project Funding - A set of guidelines for defining and distinguishing the two major types of external support: Gifts, and Sponsored Project Funding. *Updated 2016
- Human Subjects - Procedures and regulations for the use of human subjects in research.
- Institutional Nominations - The UI's procedure for choosing institutional nominees for grant competitions which limit the number of applicants from a single institution.
- Intellectual Property Policy - UI Operations Manual policy on the ownership of intellectual property.
- Limited Submissions - The UI's procedure for choosing institutional nominees for grant competitions which limit the number of applicants from a single institution
- Patent Policy - UI Operations Manual policy on the ownership of ideas, inventions, and discoveries resulting from the activities of UI faculty, staff, and students.
- Proposal Preparation and Submission: Roles and Responsibilities - An outline of the respective responsibilities assigned the PI, Department, College, and Division of Sponsored Programs in the proposal preparation and submission process.
- rDNA - Compliance procedures for the use of recombinant DNA molecules and the organisms/viruses that contain them.
- Recharge Center Policy, Procedures and Instructions - Recharge Centers are established for the purpose of providing goods and services to University customers. These policies describe the process for establishing and operating recharge centers.
- Research Suitability - UI Operations Manual principles for determining the suitability of research conducted at the UI.
- Routing Policy
- Space/Renovations Procedures - Information sheet for research programs requiring renovations and/or additional space.
- Supplemental (Extra) Compensation - UI Operations Manual policy on supplemental compensation of UI employees..
- Who can be a principal investigator? - See RAH, section 2, for UI policy regulating who may apply for grants and contracts as a PI.