Budget
- Off-campus indirect cost rate: The off-campus indirect (F&A) cost rate, as specified by the current rate table
- NIH modular budget spreadsheet: Useful in preparing NIH modular budgets; correctly calculates the number of modules you should request for your project, including associated F&A costs
- NIH modular budget spreadsheet instructions
- Uniform guidance
- RSP F&A policy guidance
- SF 424 R&R budget spreadsheet: Useful for grants.gov applications; template calculates and follows format of the 424 R&R budget form
- UW standard budget spreadsheet: Useful in cases where sponsor does not have a prescribed form; spreadsheet calculations include fringe rates and escalation factors
- UW standard budget spreadsheet instructions
- UW-Madison F&A rates
- UW-Madison travel reimbursement policy
Cost Share
- UW-Madison cost share policy information: RSP’s cost sharing policy home page
Effort
- RSP effort calculator: If your effort on a project varies, this Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) tool calculates the overall effort percentage for an entire reporting period.
- RSP effort commitment FAQs: Frequently asked questions about effort commitment, from Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
- RSP effort glossary: Effort-related terms and definitions, from Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
- RSP ECC and Payroll Certification home page: List of links to Effort-related policy, training materials, forms, and tools, from Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
- RSP effort reporting FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions about Effort Reporting, from Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP); also includes some information on effort commitment and management.
Federal submissions
- Grants.gov: A “one-stop shop” U.S. federal government funding. All current opportunities from 26 U.S. government agencies, including NIH, NSF, DOE and DOI.
- NIH grant application forms: Forms from the NIH website
- NIH grant application instructions: Instructions from the NIH website
- NSF Proposal Preparation and Submission Information
- RSP Cayuse424 information page: Instructions and information about Cayuse424, UW-Madison’s tool used for submitting applications for federal funding
- RSP RAMP home page
- UW RSP: federal agency-specific information
- UW RSP: electronic proposal systems: Step-by-step instructions for routing and submitting any proposals that require use of an electronic application system, from RSP
- UW RSP, Proposal Preparation and Submission: You can find information on specific sponsor submissions, required approvals, and other proposal preparation information.
PI status
- PI status: The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)policy on principal investigator (PI) status
Subagreements
- Outgoing agreement comparison table (xls): Spreadsheet comparing various types of agreements, from UW Research and Sponsored Programs
- RSP outgoing subagreements page: Information on subagreement processing, from UW Research and Sponsored Programs
- Subaward issuance: Information on subaward issuance process.