This current F&A rate pertains to on campus research projects.
What is 56.5%?
100
This federal agency strongly discourages cost sharing except for specific programs such as its Major Research Instrumentation program.
What is the NSF?
100
This central UC Berkeley office reviews and submits proposals to industry and other for-profit sponsors.
What is the Industry Alliance Office or IAO?
100
This institutional committee reviews and approves the use of live vertebrate animals in teaching and research.
What is the Animal Care and Use Committee or ACUC?
100
This type of fund advance requires an existing unrestricted fund number to clear any deficit that might result if the award is not received as anticipated.
What is Type "B"?
200
This OMB circular indicates that alcoholic beverages should not be purchased with federal grant funds.
What is A-21?
200
This federal agency has the following standard application due dates: February 5th, June 5th, and October 5th.
What is the NIH?
200
This group of UC Berkeley research administrators are responsible for ensuring proposal budgets include the correct salaries for project personnel.
Who are Department or CSS Research Administrators?
200
This is the last day in 2013 SPO will be open.
What is December 23, 2013?
200
This SPO email address must be used to request the establishment of a new subaward at UCB.
What is sposubrequest@berkeley.edu?
300
UC Berkeley's dollar threshold for equipment since 2004.
What is $5,000?
300
Many UCB faculty have joint appointments with this nearby DOE organization.
What is LBNL?
300
This central campus office recently published a "Who Does What" guide on its office website.
What is the Business Contracts Office or Business Contracts or BCO?
300
"Phoebe," is the sister of this Titan from Greek mythology.
Who is Coeus?
300
Only this section of a proposal can be submitted to SPO in draft form.
What is the technical section?
400
This is UC Berkeley's Congressional District.
What is the 13th Congressional District?
400
CDC, NIH and AHRQ are 3 of the 12 agencies within this United States Department.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services or DHHS?
400
Students and postdoctoral scholars supported by an NSF award must complete this training within 60 days of becoming supported by NSF funding.
What is Responsible Conduct of Research or RCR training?
400
This financial disclosure form requires a "wet signature."
What is the 700U?
400
This searchable database on SPO's webpage contains over 25,000 external funding opportunities.
What is Pivot?
500
This section of the IRS code exempts public, nonprofit educational institutions from most federal income taxes.
What is section 501(c)(3)?
500
Stefano Bertozzi, Berkeley's new dean of SPH, was a senior fellow at this Foundation prior to joining UC Berkeley.
What is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
500
This UC Berkeley MCB professor won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.
Who is Randy W. Schekman?
500
Known for her fantastic brownies, this energetic RAC employee organizes the RAC Forum each month.
Who is Alaisha Hellman?
500
This tab in Phoebe includes compliance and other questions needed for department and SPO/IAO proposal review.