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Summary Guidelines For Industrial Proposals

Please visit the Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer [website] for the for the most recent information about working with industrial sponsors.

Table of Contents for this section:

  • Review the sponsor's policy document or proposal guide
  • Find Specific RFP Information
  • Review the Proposal Checklist Highlighting Specific Needs
  • FAQ: How do I prepare a research proposal for industry consideration? 
  • Formats in which Proposals Should be Submitted
  • Special Requirements for Electronically-Submitted Proposals
  • Deadline Cycles and Special Large Deadlines
  • Model Proposals

 

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  • Sponsored Programs Basics
    • Classification of Sponsored Projects
    • Types of Sponsored Awards
    • How Are Sponsored Projects Generated?
    • Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs
      • Facilities and Administrative Cost Pools
      • Determination of On-campus and Off-campus F&A Rates
      • Non-Research F&A Rates and Project Accounts
    • OMB's Uniform Guidance
      • Uniform Guidance Basics
      • Administrative and Clerical Costs
      • Closeouts
      • Cost Sharing
      • Faculty Disengagement
      • Group Meeting Costs
      • Institutional Base Salary – All Appointments
      • Internal Controls
      • Procurement
        • Competition
        • Computing Devices
        • Conflict of Interest
        • Contracting with Small and Disadvantaged Businesses
        • End of Project Purchasing
      • Record Retention
      • Subawards
      • Travel
    • OMB Circulars and Cost Principles
      • Unallowables
    • Types of Costs
    • EHS Role in MIT Grant Writing Process
    • Sponsored Projects Reference Manual
  • Preparing and Submitting a Proposal
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • MIT Facts and Subrecipient Profile Information
    • Proposal Preparation Basics
      • Basic Components of a Proposal
      • Proposal Writing Tips and Links
      • Proposal Preparation Checklist
      • Special Reviews
      • Clearances and Approvals
    • Applying Through Workspace
    • Proposal Preparation and Other Checklists
    • Who May Submit a Proposal
    • Why MIT Proposals are NOT Confidential Information
    • Budget Development
      • Allocation Costs
      • Equipment
      • Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs
      • Other Direct Costs
      • Sample Budget Justifications
        • Annotated Budget Justification - Federal Research
        • Annotated Budget Justification - Non-Federal Research
        • Annotated Budget Justification - Federal Non-Research
        • Annotated Budget Justification - Non-Federal Non-Research
      • Travel
      • Underrecovery of F&A
      • Kuali Coeus Quickcards about Budgets
      • Materials and Services
      • Personnel Costs
      • Subcontracts and Consultants
    • MIT Approval and Submission Approval Process
      • Administrative Quality of Proposals
      • Workload Balancing
        • How Does Workload Balancing Work?
          • Circumstances for Reserving Proposals
          • RAS Contract Administrator Vacations and Absences
        • Viewing Proposal Assignments
          • E-mail Notification
          • Reports
          • Kuali Coeus Approval Mapping
        • DLC Best Practices
  • Negotiating and Accepting an Award
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Submission of Revised Budgets
    • Standard Contract Terms and Conditions
    • Contractual Obligations and Problematic Terms and Conditions
    • Review and Negotiation of Federal Contract and Grant Terms and Conditions
    • Industrial Collaboration
    • International Activities
    • MIT Export Control - Export Policies
    • Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreements
    • Notice of Award
      • Negative Confirmation On Award Notices
  • Setting Up An Award
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Routing and Acceptance of the Award Notice
    • COI and Special Review Hold Notice Definitions
    • Establishing an Account
      • Limiting Long-Term WBS Account Structures
      • SAP Project WBS Element Conditions
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  • Managing Projects
    • Changes to Programs During the Life of an Award
      • PI Absence from Project
    • Cost Principles and Allowable Expenses
    • Cost Transfers
    • Equipment Threshold
    • Federal Terms and Conditions
      • Sponsor Terms by Term Type
        • Equipment and Property Terms by Sponsor
        • Period of Performance (POP) Extension Terms by Sponsor
        • Personnel Changes Terms by Sponsor
        • Publication Terms by Sponsor
        • Rebudgeting Terms by Sponsor
        • Reporting Terms by Sponsor
        • Restrictions on Allowable Costs Terms by Sponsor
        • Subcontracting Approval Terms by Sponsor
        • Travel Terms by Sponsor
      • Sponsor-Specific Terms
        • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
        • Army Research Office (ARO) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
        • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
        • Department of Energy (DOE) – Office of Science
        • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
        • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
        • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
        • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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        • Office of Naval Research (ONR)
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      • Determining the Sponsor Approved Budget (SAB)
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      • Submitting an SAB Change Request
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    • Reporting FAQs
  • Sponsor Information
    • Sponsor Disclosure Requirements
      • Using SciENcv
    • AFOSR
      • AFOSR No-Cost Extension Process
      • AFOSR Announces Closer Scrutiny of No-cost Extensions - Feb 2012
    • ARO and ARL
    • DARPA
    • DOE
    • Industrial Proposals
      • Introduction to Industrial Sponsors
      • General Considerations for Industrial Proposals
      • Summary Guidelines
        • Review Sponsor’s Policy Document
          • SRC Guidance to Faculty Considering Applying for SRC Funding
        • Find Specific RFP Information
        • Industrial Proposal Checklist
        • Proposal Formats
        • Special Requirements
        • Deadline Cycles
        • Model Proposals
      • Industrial Agreement Types
        • Non-Competitive Industrial Proposals
        • Master and Alliance Agreements With Non-Standard Proposal Processes
        • Template Agreements
        • New Consortium Agreements
        • Competitive Industrial Proposals
        • Collaborative (No-cost) Research Agreements
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    • NOAA
    • NSF
      • MIT Specific Guidance - Proposal Prep Checklists
        • Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) proposals
        • MIT Guidance Regarding the NSF CAREER Program
        • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
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    • ONR
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    • Research Terms and Conditions Prior Approval and Other Requirements Matrix
  • Cost Sharing
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • What Is Allowable/Eligible Cost Sharing?
    • MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
    • Third-Party Cost Sharing
    • Showing Cost Sharing in a Proposal Budget
    • Avoiding Unintended Cost Sharing
      • Sponsor Specific Instructions Regarding Location in the Proposal
    • Funding F&A Costs as Cost Sharing
    • Using Faculty Effort for Cost Sharing
    • Setting Up Cost Sharing on a New Award
      • Information about Completing the Cost Sharing Template
    • NSF Cost Sharing Policy
    • Cost Sharing Primer
    • Tracking/Reporting Cost Sharing
    • Special Cost Sharing Topics
  • International Activities
    • Definition of International Activities for the Purpose of International Program Proposal Review
    • Federal Disclosure Requirements
      • Department of Defense Disclosure Guidance
      • Department of Energy / Office of Science Disclosure Guidance
      • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disclosure Guidance
      • National Institutes of Health Disclosure Guidance
      • National Science Foundation Disclosure Guidance
    • Global Support Resources (GSR)
    • International Coordinating Committee Website
    • Rubicon Fellowships
  • Subawards Overview
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      • Impact on Project Budget
    • Evaluating and Managing Subaward Risk
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  • Underrecovery
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    • Underrecovery on NIH Training Grants
    • F&A Underrecovery from Voluntary Cost Sharing
    • Treating Underrecovery at Award Phase
    • Monitoring Research Underrecovery during Project Period
    • Underrecovery at Closeout Phase
    • F&A Data on Research WBS Elements
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        • Facilities and Administrative Cost Pools
        • Determination of On-campus and Off-campus F&A Rates
        • Non-Research F&A Rates and Project Accounts
      • OMB's Uniform Guidance
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        • Faculty Disengagement
        • Group Meeting Costs
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          • Computing Devices
          • Conflict of Interest
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          • End of Project Purchasing
        • Record Retention
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      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • MIT Facts and Subrecipient Profile Information
      • Proposal Preparation Basics
        • Basic Components of a Proposal
        • Proposal Writing Tips and Links
        • Proposal Preparation Checklist
        • Special Reviews
        • Clearances and Approvals
      • Applying Through Workspace
      • Proposal Preparation and Other Checklists
      • Who May Submit a Proposal
      • Why MIT Proposals are NOT Confidential Information
      • Budget Development
        • Allocation Costs
        • Equipment
        • Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs
        • Other Direct Costs
        • Sample Budget Justifications
          • Annotated Budget Justification - Federal Research
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          • Annotated Budget Justification - Non-Federal Non-Research
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        • Underrecovery of F&A
        • Kuali Coeus Quickcards about Budgets
        • Materials and Services
        • Personnel Costs
        • Subcontracts and Consultants
      • MIT Approval and Submission Approval Process
        • Administrative Quality of Proposals
        • Workload Balancing
          • How Does Workload Balancing Work?
            • Circumstances for Reserving Proposals
            • RAS Contract Administrator Vacations and Absences
          • Viewing Proposal Assignments
            • E-mail Notification
            • Reports
            • Kuali Coeus Approval Mapping
          • DLC Best Practices
    • Negotiating and Accepting an Award
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Submission of Revised Budgets
      • Standard Contract Terms and Conditions
      • Contractual Obligations and Problematic Terms and Conditions
      • Review and Negotiation of Federal Contract and Grant Terms and Conditions
      • Industrial Collaboration
      • International Activities
      • MIT Export Control - Export Policies
      • Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreements
      • Notice of Award
        • Negative Confirmation On Award Notices
    • Setting Up An Award
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Routing and Acceptance of the Award Notice
      • COI and Special Review Hold Notice Definitions
      • Establishing an Account
        • Limiting Long-Term WBS Account Structures
        • SAP Project WBS Element Conditions
      • Kuali Coeus Electronic Document Storage (EDS)
      • Billing Agreements
    • Managing Projects
      • Changes to Programs During the Life of an Award
        • PI Absence from Project
      • Cost Principles and Allowable Expenses
      • Cost Transfers
      • Equipment Threshold
      • Federal Terms and Conditions
        • Sponsor Terms by Term Type
          • Equipment and Property Terms by Sponsor
          • Period of Performance (POP) Extension Terms by Sponsor
          • Personnel Changes Terms by Sponsor
          • Publication Terms by Sponsor
          • Rebudgeting Terms by Sponsor
          • Reporting Terms by Sponsor
          • Restrictions on Allowable Costs Terms by Sponsor
          • Subcontracting Approval Terms by Sponsor
          • Travel Terms by Sponsor
        • Sponsor-Specific Terms
          • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
          • Army Research Office (ARO) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
          • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
          • Department of Energy (DOE) – Office of Science
          • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
          • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
          • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
          • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
          • National Science Foundation (NSF)
          • Office of Naval Research (ONR)
        • MIT Standard Terms
      • Guidelines for Charging Faculty Summer Salary
      • Key Personnel
      • Limitations on Funds - Federal Contracts
      • Managing Salary Costs
      • Monitoring Project Budgets
      • Monthly Reconciliation and Review
      • No-Cost Extensions
      • Reporting Requirements
      • Return of Unexpended Funds to Foundations
      • Sponsor-Approved Budgets (SAB)
        • Determining the Sponsor Approved Budget (SAB)
        • Working With the Sponsor Approved Budget (SAB)
        • Sponsor Approved Budget (SAB) and Child Account Budgets
        • Sponsor Approved Budget (SAB) and Prior Approvals
        • Submitting an SAB Change Request
      • Subawards
      • When a PI Leaves MIT
      • OST III - Summary of Updates
    • Reporting and Closing Out an Award
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • Reports
        • Research Performance Progress Reports
          • RPPR Reports - NIH Implementation
          • RPPR Reports - NSF Implementation
      • Closeout Process
        • Closing Out Fixed Price Awards
      • Closeout of Subawards
      • Record Retention
      • Early Termination
      • Reporting FAQs
    • Sponsor Information
      • Sponsor Disclosure Requirements
        • Using SciENcv
      • AFOSR
        • AFOSR No-Cost Extension Process
        • AFOSR Announces Closer Scrutiny of No-cost Extensions - Feb 2012
      • ARO and ARL
      • DARPA
      • DOE
      • Industrial Proposals
        • Introduction to Industrial Sponsors
        • General Considerations for Industrial Proposals
        • Summary Guidelines
          • Review Sponsor’s Policy Document
            • SRC Guidance to Faculty Considering Applying for SRC Funding
          • Find Specific RFP Information
          • Industrial Proposal Checklist
          • Proposal Formats
          • Special Requirements
          • Deadline Cycles
          • Model Proposals
        • Industrial Agreement Types
          • Non-Competitive Industrial Proposals
          • Master and Alliance Agreements With Non-Standard Proposal Processes
          • Template Agreements
          • New Consortium Agreements
          • Competitive Industrial Proposals
          • Collaborative (No-cost) Research Agreements
      • NASA
        • NASA Graduate Research Fellowship Programs
      • National Endowment for the Humanities
      • NIH
        • NIH News Archive
          • NIH Salary Cap
        • NIH Checklists and Preparation Guides
        • Finding NIH Program Announcements and RFAs
        • Human Subjects and NIH Proposals
        • NIH Subaccounts
        • NIH Data Management and Sharing
        • NIH Upgrading Forms to Forms-F
      • NOAA
      • NSF
        • MIT Specific Guidance - Proposal Prep Checklists
          • Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) proposals
          • MIT Guidance Regarding the NSF CAREER Program
          • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
        • NSF Proposals: Administrative Review Stage
        • NSF Collaborations
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        • NSF Reporting
        • NSF Frequently Asked Questions
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        • New ONR Account Set Ups
      • Research Terms and Conditions Prior Approval and Other Requirements Matrix
    • Cost Sharing
      • Roles and Responsibilities
      • What Is Allowable/Eligible Cost Sharing?
      • MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
      • Third-Party Cost Sharing
      • Showing Cost Sharing in a Proposal Budget
      • Avoiding Unintended Cost Sharing
        • Sponsor Specific Instructions Regarding Location in the Proposal
      • Funding F&A Costs as Cost Sharing
      • Using Faculty Effort for Cost Sharing
      • Setting Up Cost Sharing on a New Award
        • Information about Completing the Cost Sharing Template
      • NSF Cost Sharing Policy
      • Cost Sharing Primer
      • Tracking/Reporting Cost Sharing
      • Special Cost Sharing Topics
    • International Activities
      • Definition of International Activities for the Purpose of International Program Proposal Review
      • Federal Disclosure Requirements
        • Department of Defense Disclosure Guidance
        • Department of Energy / Office of Science Disclosure Guidance
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      • Evaluating and Managing Subaward Risk
      • Requesting New Subawards
      • Subaward Monitoring
        • Subrecipient Monitoring Program
      • Subaward Closeout
    • Underrecovery
      • Research Underrecovery at Proposal Phase
      • Underrecovery on NIH Training Grants
      • F&A Underrecovery from Voluntary Cost Sharing
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