Grants and Contracts

Policies / Forms

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College and Division

• Policies
• Proposal Submission Guidelines (Process and Deadlines)
• MAFES Facilities and Administrative Costs

University Wide

• https://www.policies.msstate.edu/
  • Budgeting
  • Ethics
  • Proposals
  • Research Compliance
  • Technology Management

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College and Division Research Agreements

• General Memorandum of Agreement (GMOA) | General MOA Process

  These can be for a maximum of $50,000; the maximum allowable administrative costs is 15% of the funded research amount. There can be no required deliverables

• Specific Memorandum of Agreement (SMOA) | Specific MOA Process

  Any agreement falling outside of the guidelines for the General Memoradum Agreement.

• Specific Memorandum of Agreement with Intellectual Property

  Any agreement expected to produce inventions, improvements, or discoveries.
  

CRIS (REEport), Hatch, Hatch Multi-State, and State

• Coversheet for Hatch and Hatch Multistate project initiation
• Project Template
• Reviewer Form
• Annual or Final Report template
• Multistate Project Travel Awards

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University Wide Proposal Submission Forms

• https://www.osp.msstate.edu/forms
  • Internal Approval Sheet (IAS)
  • Preliminary Account Requeset (PAR)
  • OMB Exception Form
  • Request for Non-Financial Agreement
  • Internal Transfer
  • External Transfer
  • Request for Child Fund
  • Subrecipient Commitment
  • Request for Subaward Modification
  • Subrecipient Monitoring Record
  • Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) Routing Form
  • Request for Non-Disclosure Agreement

  Resources

  • New Faculty: Finding Research Funding Opportunities
  • Grants and Research Funding - MSU Library
  • Large Team Grants EBook
  • Research Data Bases
  • Grantsmanship
  • CAYUSE - Electronic System to System Grant Submission
  • SAMANGE Portal - Electronic Service Request Portal

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  MSU RELATED PROPOSAL DATA

  • Quick Facts, University Wide Proposal Information
  • Fringe Benefit Rates and Calculator
    • Fringe Calculator (.xls)
  • Facilities and Administrative Costs (Indirect Cost Rates) rate agreement
  • Tuition and Insurance Rates

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  Proposal Templates and Other Resources

  • Budgets (Templates, MSU, OSP)
    • Mississippi State (excel file)
    • MAFES/FWRC Grants.gov Template (excel file)
  • Budget Justifications (Template, MSU, OSP)
  • Proposal Attachments
  • BioSketches (Word file)
  • Facilities Other Resources - coming soon
  • Equipment - coming soon

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  Training

  • SUBAWARDS VENDORS CONTRACTS
    • https://www.osp.msstate.edu/subawards
    • Forms

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  Research Compliance

  • IACUC
  • IRB
  • Financial Conflict of Interest
  • Institutional Bio-Safety (IBC)
  • Individual Development Plans (NIH-IDP Requirement)
  • Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

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  Cost Share

  • https://www.osp.msstate.edu/proposals/cost-sharing

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  NIH

  • NIH How to Apply - Application Guide
  • Submission Portal - MSU Cayuse
  • Forms and Templates

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  NSF

  • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
  • Submission Portal - Fastlane

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  USDA/NIFA

  • NIFA Grants.gov Application Guide
  • Submission Portal - MSU Cayuse
  • USDA NIFA Forms
  • AFRI
    • AFRI Deadlines
  • Budget Templates
    • MAFES Grants.gov Template (excel file)
    • MAFES/FWRC Biosketch Template (word file)