SPO Site Map

About SPO

• Contact Us
• SPO Staff List
• Directions
• About SPO
• Impact of Campus Budget Cuts on SPO
• SPO Service Schedule
• Site Map
• Privacy Policy
• SPO Website Credits
• Sponsored Projects Proposal and Award Dashboards
  • Sponsored Projects Funding
  • Median Award Processing Time at SPO by Sponsor Category
  • Median Award Processing Time at SPO for Top Five Sponsors
• Sponsored Projects Annual Report

For Researchers

• Information for Principal Investigators
  • The Research Administration Lifecycle at UC Berkeley
• New to Grants and Contracts?
• Guide for Student Researchers and Scholars

Proposals and Awards

Proposals

• Proposal Writing Resources
• Quick Guide to Preparing Contract and Grant Proposals
• Proposal Checklist for PIs
• Evaluating Risks at the Proposal Stage
• Standard Institutional Information for Proposals
• Subaward Process at Berkeley
• Facilities and Administrative (Indirect Cost) Rates
  • Off-Campus F&A Rate Questionnaire
  • What are F&A Costs?
  • Facilities and Administrative (Indirect Cost) Waivers
  • Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates, and Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR) presentation slides
• Salary and Benefits
• VSPA Summer Research Internship Fee-Waiver Bridge Program
  • Summer Research Internship VSPA Fee-Waiver Initiative
• Proposal Budget Basics
  • Budget Justification Templates
  • Sample NIH Modular Budget Template
• Cost Sharing Basics
• Program Income
• Cost Principles for Sponsored Agreements
• OMB Uniform Guidance
  • UC Berkeley Campus Guide to OMB Uniform Guidance
  • Federal Uniform Guidance Overview for Principal Investigators: Preaward, PDF
• Grants.gov at Berkeley
• NIH Proposals and Awards at Berkeley
  • NIH-Supported Conferences and Workshops, and Symposia
• Quick Guide to Working with NSF FastLane and Research.gov
• Federal Disclosure Related to Sponsored Projects
  • DoD Memorandum, March 20, 2019: Actions for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Controlled Information, Key Personnel and Critical Technologies
• Executive Order 12372 (Federal SF 424)
• NASA Restrictions on Funding Activities with China
• EPA Grant Proposals: Use of Minority Business Enterprises and Women’s Business Enterprises
• proposalCENTRAL at Berkeley
• State of California Proposal Guidance
  • University Proposal to State: Cover Sheet
  • Scope of Work (Exhibit A – Exhibit A7)
  • Budget (Exhibit B, B1 and B2 if there are subrecipients)
  • Exhibits C - G
  • California Department of Education: CDE template (November 2017)
  • California Department of Public Health: CDPH template (January 2018)
  • Travel Restriction on California State Funded Projects
• Industry Proposals and Agreements
• LLNL Agreements
• Sponsored Projects Office Institutional Review of Proposals
  • Update on Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office - Institutional Proposal Review Model
• VCR Policy on Proposal Submissions to SPO and FAQ
  • 2009 Vice Chancellor for Research Policy on Late Proposal Submissions to SPO (Historical)
• Quick Guide to Proposal Review and Submission
  • Evaluating Risks at the Proposal Stage
• Guidance for Review of Proposals by Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs

Awards

• Award Process at Berkeley
• Fund Advance Request
  • UCB Fund Advance Request Form
• Subaward Process at Berkeley
• Reduction in PI/Co-PI Effort
• PI Changes in Affiliation and Absences from a Sponsored Project
• Invention Reporting
• Progress Reports / Final Technical Reports
• No-Cost Extensions
• Sponsored Project Closeout
• Model Agreements
  • State of California Proposal Guidance
  • Prototype for unfunded collaboration agreement
  • Prototype for incoming agreement
  • Prototype for incoming subaward agreement
  • Prototype of subaward agreement to other educational institutions
  • Prototype of subaward agreement to UC/DOE National Labs
• Public Requests for Research Records
• Facilities and Administrative (Indirect Cost) Rates
• Salary and Benefits
• Furlough Exchange Program (FEP) Charges to Grants and Contracts
  • Memos from UC Interim Provost and Executive Vice President Pitts to Chancellors and Academic Senate Chair, dated August 26 and September 11, 2009
  • Q&A for Contract & Grant Officers Regarding the UC 2009–2010 Furlough Plan
• Cost Sharing Basics
• Program Income
• Cost Principles for Sponsored Agreements
• OMB Uniform Guidance
• NIH Proposals and Awards at Berkeley
• Quick Guide to Working with NSF FastLane and Research.gov
• NSF Procedures for Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• NSF-Supported Conferences, Workshops, and Symposia
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
  • Accelerating Spending of ARRA Funding
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - ARRA Awards to UC Berkeley
  • ARRA Reporting: Vice Chancellor for Research Notice
• Federal Budget Sequestration Impact on Sponsored Projects

Subawards

• Subaward Process at Berkeley
  • Subaward Proposal Development
  • Subaward Preaward or Just-in-Time
  • Subaward Setup
  • Subaward Special Financial Issues
  • Subaward Monitoring
  • Subaward Amendment
  • Subaward Suspension or Early Termination
  • Subaward Closeout
  • Avoiding Subaward Delays
• Subrecipient vs. Supplier Wizard
• Subrecipient Commitment Form Guidance
• Subrecipient Commitment Form
  • Completing the Subrecipient Commitment Form
• FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Participant Commitment Form
  • Completing the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Participant Commitment Form
• Multiple Campus (MCA) Commitment Form
  • Completing the Multiple Campus (MCA) Commitment Form
• Request to Subaward the Majority of Project Funds
• Fair and Reasonable Cost Analysis and Sole Source Justification: Subawards Under Contracts
• Mini-Audit Questionnaire
• Subaward Closeout Checklist

Funding

• Pivot Guide
• Funding Alert Services
• Finding External Funding
• Limited Submission Programs
  • Limited Submission Cover Sheet
• Funding Opportunities for New and Young Faculty
• Funding Opportunities for Women and Minorities
• Equipment Grants
• Travel Grants
• Postdoc Funding in the Biosciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Social Sciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Humanities
• Federal Agencies
• Nonprofit Organizations
• State of California
• University of California Grant Programs
• Faculty Individual Prizes and Awards

Forms

• VCR Late Proposal Approval Request Form
  • VCR Policy on Proposal Submissions to SPO
• NIH Principal Investigator Assurance Certification Form
• NIH NRSA Fellowship Assurance Certification Form
  • NIH Proposals and Awards at Berkeley: NIH PI and Fellow Certification Requirements
• Human Subjects Training Certification Form
  • NIH Requirements on Education in the Protection of Human Subjects
• NASA Access Restrictions Checklist
• Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs (FGTRP) Certification
• Request for Central Campus Cost Sharing Form
  • Procedures for Cost Sharing And Matching
• Subrecipient Commitment Form
  • Subrecipient Commitment Form Guidance
  • Completing the Subrecipient Commitment Form
• FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Participant Commitment Form
  • Completing the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Participant Commitment Form
• Multiple Campus (MCA) Commitment Form
  • Completing the Multiple Campus (MCA) Commitment Form
• Request to Subaward the Majority of Project Funds
• Fair and Reasonable Cost Analysis and Sole Source Justification: Subawards Under Contracts
• Mini-Audit Questionnaire
• Subaward Closeout Checklist
• UCB Fund Advance Request Form
  • Fund Advance Request
• Delegation of Signature Authority for Proposals
  • Proposal Approval Process
  • Guidance for Review of Proposals by Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs

Resources

Policies

• Compensation (Additional) as Faculty Consultant
• Guide to Consulting for Faculty and Academic Employees: campus memo, Guide
• Cost Principles for Sponsored Agreements
  • Guide to Major Projects and Charging Administrative Costs to Sponsored Projects
  • Making the Case for a Major Project: Major Project Checklist
• Equipment Threshold
  • Changing the Capitalization Threshold for Equipment
  • Implementation Plan - Changing the University’s Definition of Equipment
  • Questions and Answers
• Export Control and Research
• Facilities and Administrative (Indirect Cost) Rates
• Faculty Outside Professional Activities
• Federal Demonstration Partnership
• Gifts/Grants Distinction: campus memo, policy documents (VCR), Policy on Classification of Gifts and Sponsored Awards (UCOP)
• NIH Requirements on Education in the Protection of Human Subjects
• LLNL Agreements
• Openness and Freedom to Publish
• Patent Policy
• VCR Policy on Proposal Submissions to SPO and FAQ
• UC Berkeley Policy on Requirement to Submit Proposals and to Receive Awards
• Research Misconduct
• Salary and Benefits
• Third-Party Liability
• Tobacco-Industry Funding
• Whistleblower Policy

Compliance and Administration

• What SPO Requires: PHS FCOI Guide for Department Research Administrators and PIs
• EPA Grant Proposals: Use of Minority Business Enterprises and Women’s Business Enterprises
• NIH Requirements on Education in the Protection of Human Subjects
• Public Requests for Research Records

Guidance and Training

• Glossary of Research Administration Terms for UC Berkeley
• Grants.gov at Berkeley
• Guide for Student Researchers and Scholars
• Guide to Major Projects and Charging Administrative Costs to Sponsored Projects
  • Making the Case for a Major Project: Major Project Checklist
• Guidance for Review of Proposals by Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs
• Guidelines for Conducting Cannabis Research
• New to Grants and Contracts?
• NIH Proposals and Awards at Berkeley
  • NIH-Supported Conferences and Workshops, and Symposia
• PI Quiz
• proposalCENTRAL at Berkeley
• Proposal Checklist for Principal Investigators
• Quick Guide to Contract and Grant Fiscal Administration
• Quick Guide to Material Transfer Agreements at UC Berkeley
• Quick Guide to Outside Consulting for UC Berkeley Faculty
• Quick Guide to Preparing Contract and Grant Proposals
• Quick Guide to Proposal Review and Submission for UC Berkeley Faculty
  • Evaluating Risks at the Proposal Stage
• Quick Guide to Types of Agreements
• Quick Guide to Working with NSF FastLane and Research.gov
• Standard Institutional Information for Proposals
• State of California Proposal Guidance
• What are F&A Costs?
• What SPO Requires: PHS FCOI Guide for Department Research Administrators and PIs
• Who Can Help Me With…?
• SPO Mailing Lists

CALmessages

• Changing the Capitalization Threshold for Equipment
• Facilities and Administrative Cost Rates Memo to the Berkeley Campus (7/23/2012)
• Facilities and Administrative Cost Rates Memo to the Berkeley Campus (11/15/2019)
• Faculty Outside Professional Activities
• Guide to Consulting for Faculty and Academic Employees
• Guidelines for Additional Compensation as Faculty Consultant
• Human Stem Cell Research Policy
• Mandatory Training in the Protection of Human Subjects
• Patent Policy
• Policy Guidelines Governing Openness and Freedom to Publish
• Procedures for Cost Sharing And Matching
• Review, Approval and Reporting of Requests for Funding from Tobacco Industry Sponsors
• Summer Research Internship VSPA Fee-Waiver Initiative
• UC Berkeley Policy on Requirement to Submit Proposals and to Receive Awards
• UC Policy on Classification of Gifts and Sponsored Awards
• Update on Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office - Institutional Proposal Review Model
• 2016 Vice Chancellor for Research Policy on Late Proposal Submissions to SPO (Historical)
  • 2009 Vice Chancellor for Research Policy on Late Proposal Submissions to SPO (Historical)
• ARRA Reporting: Vice Chancellor for Research Notice