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University Exemption Certification - Tangible Items and Information On this page As of February 1, 2025, use of the University Exemption - Tangible Items and University Exemption and Information forms has been discontinued. Parties seeking guidance regarding exports of spacecraft (including satellites, satellite subsystems, and related equipment) and information pertaining to spacecraft (including disclosing such information to foreign nationals within the US) should reach out to  exportcontrols@stanford.edu for …

02.04.25 Feb 4th Update on Federal Directives on Grants On this page Dear Chairs and Directors, I am using this month’s letter to update you on federal research funding issues associated with the Presidential transition. Please feel free to distribute the letter to anyone in your organization you think would benefit from seeing it. You saw the message from the President, Provost, and me to the community last Tuesday. I followed that with a message regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s freeze on large portions of federal funding, which was subsequently rescinded.   An ongoing source …

Research Policy and Integrity Updates and Announcements Menu About Us Research Policy Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Research Security Export Controls Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Data Protection Champions Updates and Announcements On this page Coming soon Created: 02/04/25 Updated: …

Checklists for Instrumentation Funding Seekers On this page Step Ahead:   Practical Suggestions for Proposal Prep  The Stanford Research Development Office (RDO) is pleased to offer Step Ahead : an opt-in email service with practical suggestions to support advance proposal development activities for the funding programs listed below.  The Step Ahead series is currently being run as a pilot for NIH S10 and NSF MRI proposal types. Complete checklists of all tips are shared below for convenience, and may be downloaded and customized as needed. These tips will be shared with Step Ahead …

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Uniform Guidance Updated: 07.15.2025 Created: 12.21.2020 The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards  (commonly called "Uniform Guidance") was officially implemented in December 2014 by the Council on Financial Assistance Reform ( COFAR - now dissolved ). The Uniform Guidance – a "government-wide framework for grants management" – is an authoritative set of rules and requirements for Federal awards that synthesizes and supersedes guidance from earlier OMB circulars. Additional Information and the …

Allocable Costs Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 12.21.2020 Only those costs that BENEFIT a project may be charged to that project Related Topics Allocation of Costs Budget Basics Cost Principles …

Allowable Costs Updated: 03.25.2021 Created: 12.21.2020 Allowable and unallowable costs are defined by federal regulations and in the terms of specific awards. Related Topics Allocation of Costs Budget Basics Cost Principles …

Cayuse Proposals (S2S) Updated: 05.09.2025 Created: 12.21.2020 Cayuse is a web-based system-to-system solution that allows users to create, review and submit Grants.Gov proposals to OSR or RMG for institutional review and submission to federal sponsors. For more information on using Cayuse, please visit the Cayuse User Guides and Resources page …

Compliance Training Requirements Updated: 05.29.2025 Created: 12.21.2020 Principal Investigator (PI) responsibilities include directing research and managing financial aspects of research in compliance with Stanford policy, federal and state laws, and sponsor requirements. Training that addresses these responsibilities is available, and in some cases, it is required. PIs are responsible for ensuring that they, their students and staff meet compliance training requirements. View required …