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        • Proposal Preparation Checklist
        • Special Reviews
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      • Proposal Preparation and Other Checklists
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      • Why MIT Proposals are NOT Confidential Information
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        • Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs
        • Other Direct Costs
        • Sample Budget Justifications
          • Annotated Budget Justification - Federal Research
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            • Kuali Coeus Approval Mapping
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      • Submission of Revised Budgets
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      • Contractual Obligations and Problematic Terms and Conditions
      • Review and Negotiation of Federal Contract and Grant Terms and Conditions
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      • Notice of Award
        • Negative Confirmation On Award Notices
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      • 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
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      • 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
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        • 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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      • MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
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      • 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
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      • Underrecovery on NIH Training Grants
      • F&A Underrecovery from Voluntary Cost Sharing
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