Notes on Research Administration
On occasion, the vice provost for research will publish "Notes" concerning complex issues in research administration. These publications are designed to explain to the university community federal law, rules, and regulations concerning the management of sponsored programs, to interpret research-related policies of the University of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Boston, to provide background information on university procedures and business processes, and to offer insights on the roles and functions of various offices at UMass Boston that are critical for the research enterprise.
Check this page periodically as additional "Notes" are under development and will be published here soon. If you would like to suggest a possible topic for a future "Note", please call (617) 287-5370 or email ovpr@umb.edu.
- A Note Concerning Cost Sharing
- A Note Concerning Sponsored Program Awards and Expenditures
- A Note Concerning Interdisciplinary Sponsored Research and Assignment of Shared Credit
- A Note Concerning Summer Salary Supported by Sponsored Programs
- A Note Concerning Small Business Development
- A Note Concerning Buyout
- A Note Concerning the Recovery of Facilities and Administrative Costs of Sponsored Programs
- A Note Concerning On-Campus and Off-Campus Facilities and Administrative Cost Recovery Rates
- A Note Concerning Fixed Fee Contracts and Residual Funds
- A Note Concerning Grants and Gifts (Revised November 20, 2007)
- A Note Concerning Distributed Research Administration
- A Note Concerning University Core Research Facilities
- A Note Concerning Principal and Co-Principal Investigators
- A Note Concerning Paying Research Subjects
- A Note Concerning Participant Support Costs
- A Note Concerning Signatory Authority for Sponsored Programs
- A Note Concerning Equipment Fabrication
- A Note Concerning Unrelated Business Income Tax
- A Note Concerning Use of University Resources in Support of Entrepreneurial Activities
Additional information on university policies and procedures can be found on the research policies web page, on the web page of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and on the web page of the University of Massachusetts President’s Office.