How do I figure fringe benefits on my academic year and summer salaries?

I am considering including a new position in my budget request. How should I do this?

The funding agency requires matching funds from the University. What does this mean?

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I have an idea for a funded project. How should I proceed?

I am applying for a grant and the application forms asks for the signature of my "Department Chairperson, or other University official." Who should I get to sign?

Who types my proposals, reports, etc. for me?

I am required to submit eight copies of my proposal. Who makes these copies?

How do I know whether a grant application should be submitted through the University's Office of Grants and Sponsored Research, the Coastal Education Foundation, or just directly to the funding agency?

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What am I, as the Principal Investigator, responsible for?

Are there any other regulations that govern those that receive grants?

Why do I have to fill out University paperwork such as Purchase Order Requisitions, Travel Authorizations etc. in order to spend my grant money?

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What is an IRB?

How do I know if my project needs IRB review?

How do I submit my research for review by the IRB?

If I know my project meets the exempt regulations, do I still have to submit an application for IRB review?

How long will it take for my proposal to be reviewed?

How will I know if my project is approved?

What do I do with the IRB date-stamped consent information?

What do I do with the signed informed consent documents?

Do I need to complete training on protections of human subjects before starting my work?

What if I want to make a minor change in the study (add or remove a question from a survey, add a second focus group, or put an advertisement in the newspaper to recruit more participants) do I need to do anything?

What if my funding changes?

Do I need to notify the IRB when my project is finished?

What are some links where I might find guidance and training?

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What activities are exempted from review?

I am a graduate student - how do I file an Assurance of Animal Care form?

I am a Research Associate - do I need to file an Assurance of Animal Care form?

My project involves the use of animals at another University's animal facility. I have submitted a protocol to that University's IACUC. Does the CCU IACUC need to review this work too?

My project involves the use of captive animals housed at a facility that is not registered under the Animal Welfare Act nor has it filed an Assurance of Compliance with PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals with OLAW, NIH. Can I conduct my research there?

I want to use animals for a lab course. What do I do?

I am just catching fish and killing them to collect tissues for my study. Do I need to file a protocol?

The agency I am submitting a proposal to has requested a letter from the IACUC. What do I do?

I am collecting tissues from animals killed by hunters, commercial butchers road-kill etc.. Do I need to file a protocol?

I am using chick embryos. Do I need to file my protocol?

Are there any reporting requirements?

I am doing surgery in the field. Is there a reporting requirement for this?

Can the IACUC stop my research project after a protocol has been approved?

I do not have an approved protocol but want to get my animals. Can I?

I was never told that I needed IACUC approval to use animals!

I disagree with some of the current requirements and want to do something about it. Who do I talk to?

Why do I need IACUC permission to do my research if I already have a collecting permit?

How will the IACUC find out I am doing animal research if I don't tell them? What are the consequences of non-compliance?

What if I am getting dead samples from some other source and am not killing the animals myself?

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Can I travel with my laptop?

How do I apply for an export license?

When do I need to apply for a license under the "deemed export" rule?

What should I do if I am not sure whether my good or technology falls under EAR or ITAR?

How can I be sure that my research is classified as "fundamental research"?

Can you simplify all of this for me? Should I be worried about export control violations?

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Do I need to be concerned about export controls?

I am going on a study abroad trip. Can I take my laptop with me?

I am a graduate student and lab instructor in the Chemistry Department. Do I need to be concerned about exporting information to my students?

I am an international student from an embargoed country. Can I participate in campus research projects?

A faculty member has asked me to deliver a piece of scientific equipment to one of his colleagues at a university overseas while I am studying abroad. Since this interaction takes place within the academic community, does it classify as an export controls violation?

Penalties for Non-Compliance?

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