Policies and Guidance

The Northwestern Sponsored Research Handbook is a manual that can serve as a singular, consolidated desk reference for central and local research administration and the University research community regarding Sponsored Research business processes.

• Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (NOT-OD-21-013)
• NIH Budgeting for Data Management & Sharing Resources
• COGR's NIH Data Management & Sharing Readiness Guide
• Office for Research Data Management & Sharing Policy Resources
• Proposal Submission Guidance: Regarding who (at the institution) will be responsible for oversight of compliance with the accepted DMS Plan, the recommended response is a statement such as "Monitoring and compliance will be responsibility of PI and specific project staff as indicated in the project plan, budget, and budget justification."

• NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance (from the NSTC Subcommittee on Research Security)
  • NSF Summary Info on NSTC Guidance and "For Comment" Disclosure Documents
  • COGR Summary of NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance
• Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) Science and Security Resource Page
  • Laws, Policies, and Agency Guidance Concerning Research Security
  • Publications on Science & Security
  • Science & Security Updates to Membership
• NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Pre- and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support (Sept. 1, 2022)
• Science & Security: Connecting the Dots – One Year Later (Panel Discussion with Federal Partners from the September 2022 Federal Demonstration Partnership Meeting): Slides and Video

• Summary of Federal Safe, Secure, Equitable, and Inclusive Research Requirements by Agency
• Northwestern's IDEA Leaders (Office for Institutional Diversity & Inclusion)
• National Science Foundation
  • Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for Off-Campus or Off-Site Research (Ch II.E.9)
  • NSF Proposals Submission Guidance

• Forms Library (Forms & Applications)
  • SFS424 Application Guide
• Funding Opportunities
• Grants Policy Statement
• Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)
• Rigor and Reproducibility: General Guidance & Resources

Career Development & Training Grants

• Career Development (K) Grants Information
• NRSA Institutional Training (T) Grants Information
• NRSA Individual Fellowship (F) Information
  • Job Aid: E-Systems Prep for Individual NRSA Applications
  • Microlearning: The “No Tears” NRSA: How to Successfully Prepare and Submit an Individual NRSA Fellowship Application
  • Transcript: Narration from “The No Tears NRSA”