Å·ÃÀAV

— A —

• Agreement templates
• Annual reports (Å·ÃÀAV proposal and award activity)
• Area Assignments Chart
• Audits
• Awards: accepting, managing, negotiation, award budget questions (see also proposal budgets)

— B —

• Beginning the proposal submission process
• Budget & account codes
• Budget development for proposals: PAM
• Budget revision form
• Business plan(s) required by sponsor, guidance

— C —

• Closeout of projects
• Confidentiality agreement
• Contractual agreements
• Cost share policy
• Cost transfer approval  

— D —

• Databases containing funding program information: ;
• Depositing payments
• Directory of ORA Staff
• Disclosure forms (Office of Technology Development)
• Disclosures of support in proposals, guidance
• Distribution of F&A recovery
• Distribution of salary recovery

— E —

• Effort certification
• Eligibility requirements for PI/PD
• Expense review & approval

— F —

• F&A (facilities & administrative) costs: general explanation (PDF); rates; distribution of recovered F&A; questions — general, in proposal budgets; recovery of
• FAQ
• Identifying Federal Funding Mechanisms
• Financial reporting
• Forms
• Frequently asked questions
• Fringe benefit rates & calculator
• Funding sources: databases (grant programs, sponsors, etc.); general information; questions & assistance

— G —

• Getting started
• Glossary of research administration terms
• Graduate assistant stipends & tuition waivers
• Grant program databases: GrantSearch; (federal programs only);

— H —

• How-to: New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding (temporarily available by request only, at Å·ÃÀAV-ORAFREEMississippi); see also Getting Started with Proposals and the different Proposal ... entries in the right-hand column

— I —

• Indirect costs (see F&A above)
• InfoEd Global;
• Information for proposals, common
• Institutional information frequently required in proposals
• Internal competitions: ; general information
• Internal consultant templates
• Invention Disclosure Form
• Invoice preparation 

— J —

• Jargon: Glossary of Terms; human help with

— L —

• Limited submissions

— M —

• Material Transfer Agreement form (redirects to the OTD website)
• Modifications to a project

— N —

• Negotiating awards
• Newsletter, ORA's (the Reporter)
• Number of proposals/applications per institution is limited by sponsor: see Limited Submissions

— O —

• ORA Annual Reports about Å·ÃÀAV proposal/award activity
• ORA services
• ORA staff
• ORA toolkit

— P —

• Payment deposits
• Peel-offs, subprojects
• PI/PD: definitions; eligibility requirements; adding, changing, or removing (in re a funded project)
• Policies: internal (Å·ÃÀAV), external
• Procedures related to proposals, information; questions
• Project closeout
• Project Information Form (see Proposal Information Form)
• Project modifications
• Proposal and award activity at Å·ÃÀAV (annual reports)
• Proposal budgets: information; questions and assistance (see also Awards); related forms
• Proposal development: comprehensive guide (request access at Å·ÃÀAV-ORAFREEMississippi); related forms; where to start
• Proposal Information Form: assistance with; download
• Proposal procedures: information; questions & assistance; the sponsor limits the institution's number of proposals
• Publications, ORA's

— Q —

• Queries in SOARFIN

 â€” R —

• Reports, ORA's Annual most recent (request access at Å·ÃÀAV-ORAFREEMississippi)
• Resources for Grant Seekers (A secure resource page is in development; inquire at Å·ÃÀAV-ORAFREEMississippi); see also FAQ, forms, funding information, ORA staff, policies (Å·ÃÀAV), procedures, publications (ORA)

— S —

• Salary recovery distributions
• Small business plans, guidance
• SOARFIN queries
• Software/Copyright Disclosure Form
• Solicitations (RFPs, RFAs, FOAs, etc.), summaries of current: in the ORA Reporter; from the (must set up a profile); see also Funding sources 
• funding opportunities database (available via InfoEd Global)
• Staff Directory (ORA)
• Stipends & tuition waivers for graduate assistants
• Subawards; processing; assistance with
• Subcontracts; sponsor requires small business plans for, guidance
• Submitting proposals: assistance with; information about 
• Subprojects, Peel-offs
• Sub-recipient agreements: assistance with; templates

— T —

• Templates for use in proposals
• Terms related to research administration
• The ORAcle (ORA news & information)
• Time & Effort reporting
• Time extensions
• Transferring costs
• Tuition waivers and stipends for graduate assistants

— U —

• Uniform Guidance
• Å·ÃÀAV proposal/award activity

— W —

• Where to begin
• Words and acronyms used in research administration