Cost of Doing Research
Form Follows Function
Some Folks to Know
Rules of the Game
Being Resourceful
100

Costs that can be identified with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy.

What are direct costs?

100

Following form and using purls is never a problem for this individual. 

Who is Deborah?

100

This office that must review protocols before either IRB or IACUC can proceed with their review.

What is the Compliance Office?

100

Jelly, chocolate, oatmeal raisin, are part of this AVP's favorite food group and a must in their daily routine. 

What is a cookie?

100

The financial management module for sponsored projects.

What is Banner?

200

The Circular the defines the cost principles.

What is Uniform Guidance?

200

This guiding document, completed by the PI and prior to grant/contract submission which serves as the institutional authorization form for any proposed sponsored project.

What is the Cayuse record?

200

Many individuals do not want to approach this "chief justice" office. 

What is the Office of the General Counsel?

200

Requests a correction (or redistribution) of salary previously charged.

What is the reallocation form?

200

The electronic grant submission software used by IIT for NIH, AHRQ and CDC applications.

What is Cayuse?

300

Despite the constant changes in technology, this person always wanted to keep their Blackberries. 

Who is Elizabeth?

300

A request for more time, not money, to finish the research, as in, an extension of time to a project period and/or budget period to complete the work of the grant under that period.

What is a no-cost extension request?

300

This VPR regularly used his (neck) ties when arriving at the University. 

Who is Fred?

300

This monitoring is required to be performed twice, first by OSRP and then again by GCA.  

What is subrecipient monitoring?

300

This guide provides most of the rules for both pre- and post-award and regulations of submitting proposals for this Foundation. 

What is the NSF PAPPG - National Science Foundation The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide 

400

The limitation of salary on DHHS awards.

What is the DHHS Salary Cap?

400

This is generated when part of the project will be utilized by another organization as part of the current award. 

What is a Subaward/Consulting agreement?

400

This soft metal is used for cooking, electrical wiring but also sometimes barks. 

Who/What is Copper (Arielle's dog)?

400

Financials Due 90 Days after the end of the project year.

What is the Final Financial Report (FFR) or Final Invoice?

400

Eureka! The PI found it!

What is an invention disclosure form?

500

How we handle costs that benefit a project, but are not paid by the university.

What is cost sharing?

500

This form is utilized to correct non-salary expenses that were previously charged to a fund

What is the cost transfer form?

500

The lawyer, the baker and the research administrator.

Who is Robert?

500

This bank will reach its maximum and actually lose "funds" if not used. 

What is a vacation day?

500

Its not an actual report, but a tool about funding to our University. 

What is NIH "REporter" or the NSF Award Search Tool?

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