Policies and regulations
Federal uniform guidance implementation at VCU
Uniform guidance implementation at Virginia Commonwealth University
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2 CFR 200, Uniform administrative requirements, cost principles and audit requirements for federal awards (“Uniform Guidance”) became effective Dec. 26, 2014 (revised Nov 12, 2020), for all federal agencies and applies to federal award recipient organizations including institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Indian Tribes and hospitals.
Available resources and communications
- Federal Register – Final Guidance - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards - complete guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Federal Register – Final Guidance - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards - complete final guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) effective 12/26/2014
- Research terms and conditions (RTC) – main landing page, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Related links:
VCU training presentations and materials
VCU quick reference documents and letters
Other federal references
General
- System for Award management (SAM)
- Travel Guidance: The Fly America Act guidelines
Federal grants management
- Assistance listings
- Federal Register
- National Institutes of Health: (NIH) Grants Policy Statement
- NIH salary cap
- NIH sharing policies and related guidance on NIH-funded research resources
- National Science Foundation: (NSF) Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
- NSF grant general conditions
- Research.gov
- Department of Defense
- Office of Naval Research: ONR
- Department of Education: EDGAR--Index
- National Aeronautics and Space Agency: NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Award Terms and Conditions
Federal contracts management
Contact us
Blue team1
ospblue@vcu.edu
Gold team1
ospgold@vcu.edu
Green team1
ospgreen@vcu.edu
Red team2
ospred@vcu.edu
Gray team3
mtadua@vcu.edu
Post award team4
ospaward@vcu.edu
1 Government and nonprofit-sponsored proposals, administrative actions and agreements;
Team assignments by school/college can be found here
2 Industry-sponsored and non-federal clinical trial proposals, administrative actions and agreements
3 Material transfer agreements, data use agreements and confidentiality nondisclosure agreements
4 Award review, processing and distribution (all funding sources), subaward agreements and modifications (when VCU is PTE) and non-financial closeout