• Accepting Gifts
Gifts are funds that are given to the university in support of a particular program or a particular advisor's research. With a gift the donor specifies the general program or research the money is given to support, but does not require us to adhere to a strictly defined budget or to provide any reports on how the money was spent or the research the money supported.

• Fiscal Administration
Fiscal Administration Changing Award Terms PI/PD Responsibilities Carrying Forward Unobligated Funds The Award Rebudgeting Award Funds Expenditures No-Cost Extension Fund Advance/Pre-Award Costs Change in Principal Investigator or Scope of Work Cost Sharing and Matching Closeouts and Cost Transfers

• Forms
Request for Subaward Word PDF Request for Multi-Campus Award Word PDF Sponsored Projects Approval Form (SPAF) Word PDF Instructions for SPAF Word PI Statement of Economic Interests (730-U) Word PDF Instructions for 730-U Word Request for Advance Expenditure Word PDF NIH/NSF Conflict of Interest

• Funding
Community of Science (COS) Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) The Foundation Center Foundations On-Line Government Printing Office Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) The Nonprofit Resource Center

• Overhead Cost
Indirect costs? What’s that? What is the base? Is the applicable indirect cost rate applied to all direct costs? Why do I want to include indirect costs in my proposal budget? How are the rates determined? Current Indirect Cost Rates (as of January 1, 1999) What if a sponsor agency refuses to pay indirect costs?

• Submitting Proposal
University of California Policy on the Requirement to Submit Proposals and to Receive Awards for Grants and Contracts through the University