Policies and Procedures
Research Policies
- USM II-3.10 Policy on Professional Commitment of Faculty
- USM III-1.10 Policy on Misconduct in Scholarly Work
- UMBC III-1.10.01 Policy on Handling Allegations of Misconduct in Research and other Scholarly Activities
- USM III-1.11 Policy on Conflicts of Interest in Research or Development
- UMBC III-1.11.01 Policy on Individual Conflicts of Interest in Research & Product Development
- UMBC III-1.11.02 Interim Policy on Conflicts of Interest in PHS Research
- USM IV-1.00 Policy for the Establishment & Review of Centers & Institutes in the UM System
- USM IV-2.00 Policy on Solicitation and Acceptance of Sponsored Projects
- UMBC IV-2.00.01 Consistent Application of Facility and Administrative (F&A) Costs
- UMBC IV-2.00.02 Policy on Sponsored Projects and Gifts
- UMBC IV-2.00.03 Policy on Principal Investigator Eligibility
- USM IV-2.10 Policy on Human Subjects of Research
- USM IV-2.20 Policy on Classified and Proprietary Work
- UMBC IV-2.20.01 Export Control Policy
- USM IV-3.00 Policy on Patents
- USM IV-3.10 Policy on Copyrights
- USM IV-3.20 Policy on Intellectual Property
- UMBC IV-3.20.01 Intellectual Property Policy
- UMBC VI-6.10.01 Policy on Records Management
- USM VI-13.00 Policy on Campus Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Response
- UMBC VI-13.00.01 Environmental Safety and Health Management and Enforcement
- UMBC VIII-1.10.01 Policy for Capital Equipment
- UMBC VIII-1.10.02 Policy for Non-Capital and Sensitive Equipment
- UMBC VIII-7.00.01 Policy on Cost Transfers
- USM VIII-7.10 Policy on Reporting Suspected or Known Fiscal Irregularities
Research Procedures
Centers, Institutes and Laboratories
Contract and Grant Accounting
- Cost Principles Reference Grid
- F&A Information
- Cost Sharing Scenarios
- Post Award Management Guidelines and Procedures
- Depositing Sponsored Project Checks
- Charging of Costs to Sponsored Awards
- Closing Checklist for OCGA Grant Accountants
- Final Expenditure Certification Template for Departments
Environmental Safety and Health
Office of Research Protections and Compliance
- Animal Use and Care Procedures
- Human Research Use Procedures
- Biosafety and Recombinant DNA Research
- Procedures to Implement UMBC Policy UMBC III-1.10.01 – Handling Allegations of Misconduct in Research and other Scholarly Activities
- Procedures to Implement UMBC Policy III-1.11.01 – Individual Conflicts of Interest in Research and Product Development
Office of Sponsored Programs
- Activity and Research Types Guidelines updated 11/3/2018
- Award Terms Order of Precedence
- Award Types Definitions
- Closeout Procedures
- Compensation Policies updated 05/12/2020
- Data Use Agreements updated 08/05/2020
- Determination of On vs. Off-campus Projects
- Documents Needed for Proposal Routing as of 8/31/2018
- Establishing Pre-Award Accounts updated 7/26/2018
- Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Cost Waivers updated 10/14/2019
- Guidelines for Fringe & Inflation Rates updated 5/16/2018
- Indirect Costs Related to Centers
- Inter-Disciplinary Proposal Notification Procedure as of 5/9/2018
- Late Technical Report Procedure
- Limited Submission Opportunities
- Preliminary Proposals updated 09/23/2019
- Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility updated 02/25/2020
- Prior Approval Requirements updated 6/26/2019
- Projects Required to be Routed through OSP as of 10/30/2018
- Proposal Processing Deadline updated 09/03/2019
- Proposal Resource Allocation Guidelines as of 9/24/2018
- Rebudgeting Procedure
- Revised Budget Template
- Subrecipient Monitoring Procedures updated 11/19/2018
Last update 10/22/2020