Development: Forms and Documents

Jump to:

• Budget
• Cost share
• Effort
• Federal submissions
• PI status
• Subagreements

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, 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 subawards: information on subagreement processing and a comparison of various types of agreements from UW Research and Sponsored Programs
• Subaward issuance: Information on subaward issuance process.