CEHD/TAMU WEBSITES - GENERAL

Prospective graduate student forms  - Travel grants, minority recruitment and retention grant, graduate merit fellowship, and graduate diversity fellowship

College pre-proposal form - To be filled out early in the proposal planning process; notifies Dept. Head and Dean of the basics of proposal budget

Office of Proposal Development - Located in VPR Office; links to federal funding agencies and other resources 

Research staff rules - Position descriptions, salary ranges, procedures for hiring staff supported 100% by external funding

Tuition payment forms - For students supported on external funding, request "scholarship" in amount of tuition or tuition and fees for one or more semesters

TAMU-AFFILIATED RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AGENCIES

TAMU Research Foundation - For applying for funding that allows full indirect cost returns (46.5%)

TAMU Research Services (formerly known as Office of University Research Services) - This service must be used if funding agency does NOT allow full IDC returns

AgriLife Research Administration (formerly known as TAES)

Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) - Manages external funding with College of Engineering faculty as PI's

RESEARCH COMPLIANCE/TAMU

Institutional Biosafety Committee - Forms and reference materials for any work involving biohazards (such as body fluids, pathogens, toxins, etc) and information regarding training of personnel

Human Subjects' Protection Program - Links to information on IRB meetings, procedures, and training

IRB Standard Application Process - All required forms needed for IRB approval

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee  - General information for animal researchers

All IACUC forms

FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCY WEBSITES

Grants.gov - Main source for finding and applying for federal grants

eRA Commons - Web interface where NIH and the grantee community conduct extramural research administration business electronically

Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) - Program announcements and listings of topical areas for funding

NIH Office of Extramural Research - Grant application process and funding opportunities

NIH SCORING SYSTEM (Updated May 2009)

Sample Review