Policies, Procedures & Guidelines
There are numerous policies, procedures and guidelines that apply to the administration of sponsored research projects. In addition to the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) policies, procedures, and processes provided here, visit the Campus Controller's Office (CCO) website for additional policies, procedures, and guidance related to financial management of sponsored research.
Policy Statements & Guidance
- Anti-Human Trafficking Compliance Plan
- Indirect Costs (F&A) Policy Statement
- Institutional Base Salary
- Institutional Base Salary Quick Guide
- Summer Salary Limits for Academic Year FacultyÌýPolicy Statement
- Summer Salary Guidelines for Boulder Campus
- Principal Investigator Eligibility
- Tuition Budgeting Procedure MOU
- SpeedType & Project Number
- Request Post-Award Approvals
- Use of Cannabis in Research
- Controlled Unclassified Information Policy
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Related Procedural Statements (CCO Website)
Administrative Salaries
Computing Devices
Conferences
Entertainment
Equipment
Like and Unlike Circumstances
Memberships
Recruitment
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Stipends
Travel
Visa
Procedural Statements
- Budget Deviations & Revisions Procedural Statement
- Foreign Currency Procedure
- Application of Indirect Costs (F&A) on Sponsored Projects Procedural Statement
- Indirect Costs (F&A)ÌýWaivers andÌýReductions
- IDC on the Transfer of Existing Subawards
- IDC Rates for Outgoing Subagreements Procedural Statement
- Subrecipient Invoicing Procedural Statement
- NSF Notification Process Regarding Findings of Harassment or Sex Assault
- NSF Two-Month Salary Rule for Project Senior Personnel Procedural StatementÌýUpdated 8/18/2017
- Report Submission Procedural Statement Updated 5/28/2025
- Sponsor Contact Guidance
- Enhanced Contractor Whistleblower Protection Guidance
- Departing Researcher Procedural StatementÌýAdded 4/23/2018
- Additional Departing Researcher Resources
- Fixed Price Residuals Sponsored Projects Procedural Statement
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Sponsor Specific Guidance
General Information & Guidance
- Budget Justifications
- Budgeting and NIH
- Carryforward Restricted Project Allocation
- Change Org Code
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Conflict of Interest and DEPA Reporting
- Controlled Unclassified Information (¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäI)
- Cost Accounting Standards
- Cost Principles for Sponsored Agreements
- Cost Share
- Cost Transfers
- Departmental Administration Indirect Cost Recovery (DA-ICR) Program
- Disclosure Statement, DS-2
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Equipment
- Export Controls
- Fellowship Proposals
- Five Day Business Rule
- Foreign Currency
- Fringe Benefits
- Graduate Students Working on Sponsored Projects
- Implementation of OMB Uniform Guidance
- Industry Proposals
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IA¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäC) Approvals
- Institutional Letters of Support
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approvals
- Leave/Sabbaticals
- Limited Submission Proposals
- No-Cost Extensions
- NSI (National Security Initiative) Determination Guidance
- Other Policy Resources
- Pre-Award Spending
- Principal Investigator Change on Award
- Principal Investigator Eligibility
- Principal Investigator Institutional Transfer
- Proposals and OCG Involvement
- Proposal Submission Request (PSR) Form
- Research Security
- Revised Budgets
- Signature Authority
- Subrecipients
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