Resources and Forms

Helpful Links

Visit Northwestern University websites related to research administration, external sponsors, federal policies and guidelines.

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• Offices
• Schools and Colleges
• Systems
• Federal Websites, Information, Sponsors, and Guidelines

Offices

• Accounting Services for Research and Sponsored Programs (ASRSP)
  • Effort Reporting – Cost Studies
• Conflict of Interest (COI)
• Innovation and New Ventures Offices (INVO)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• McCormick Corporate Relations
• Northwestern University Research Administration Professionals (NURAP)
• Office for Export Controls Compliance (OECC)
• Office for Research (OR)
  • University Research Centers (URC)
• Office for Research Development (ORD)
• Office for Research Safety (ORS)
• Office for Sponsored Research (OSR)
• Office of Foundation Relations (OFR)

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Schools and Colleges

• Bienen School of Music (BSM)
• Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM)
• Kellogg School of Management (KSM)
• McCormick School of Engineering (McC)
  • McCormick Departments, Institutes and Centers
• Medill School of Journalism (MSJ)
• School of Education and Social Policy (SESP)
• School of Communication (SOC)
• The Graduate School (TGS)
• Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS)

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Systems

There are many different systems that both the faculty and staff have to regularly access. For assistance, please visit FFRA for system guides or talk to your research administrator for assistance.

• Cognos (Reporting)
• Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure in FASIS
• Effort Reporting System (ERS)
• Faculty and Staff Information System (FASIS)
• Finance, Facilities, and Research Administration (FFRA) (previously named “Project Café”)
• InfoEd
• NUFinancials
• NUPortal

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Federal Websites, Information, Sponsors, and Guidelines

Federal Websites and Information

• Council on Government Relations
• Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
• Northwestern University’s FDP Matrix
• Federal Holidays (Government Closed)
• National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
• OMB Circular
• Per Diem Rates – International
• Per Diem Rates – National
• Research.gov

Federal Sponsors and Guidelines

• Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
  • Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA NSPIRES)
  • NASA Proposer’s Guidebook
• National Institutes of Health (NIH Commons)
  • NIH Application Guidelines
  • NIH RePORTER
  • NIH Pending Progress Reports – Evanston
  • NIH Pending Progress Reports – Chicago
  • NIH Upcoming Proposal Deadlines
• PubMed – Home
• PubMed – My NCBI
• National Science Foundation (NSF FastLane)
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide
• NSF Upcoming Proposal Due Dates