ORA Sponsored Projects Manual
Introduction to the Manual
The College of Public Health (CPH) places a strong emphasis on research programs across disciplin...
Purpose of the Manual
The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance for CPH faculty who are applying for and conduc...
Office of Research Administration Mission, Values, and Responsibilities
The CPH Office of Research Administration (ORA) plays a key role to the College’s success in achi...
Preparation of Proposals
In this section you will find explanations on how to work with the ORA to prepare a grant applica...
Initiating the Project Award
Notice of Award (NOA) Memo When a Notice of Award (NOA) is received, the Grants Management office...
Award Administration
Financial Projections Your post-award analyst will help you think through your spending plan by p...
Project Changes
Rebudgeting As mentioned above, there are many occasions where rebudgeting of grant line items is...
Project Close Out
The following procedures are based on NIH grants. If your grant or contract is from another spons...
Effort Reporting
Temple University's Effort Reporting System (ERS) is a web-based system that generates periodic e...
Cost Transfers
Often called a Journal Entry Transfer or JET, this function is a transfer of an expense (or reven...
Travel and Expense (T&E), Catering, and Food Reimbursements.
Refer to the CPH Business Operations handbook for details policies and procedures.
Project Reporting
Continuations and Progress Reports Upon receiving a Notice of Award (NOA) for any grant, one of t...
Graduate Students and Tuition Remission
Background Temple University policy states that full-time doctoral students be supported through ...
Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)
It has been, and shall continue to be, the policy of Temple University that all full time and pa...
Human Subjects Research Protections Training
The mission of Temple University's Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is to protect the rig...
College Training on Responsible Conduct of Research
Responsible and ethical conduct of research is critical for excellence as well as public trust in...
University Authorized Signatures and Execution of Agreements
Legal agreements established between the University and external entities may be executed on beha...
Lab Set Up
The faculty contract and appointment letter are the reference documents for what the College of P...
Start up Funds
Effective October 1, 2014, the College of Public Health will adopt the following policy on startu...
Guidelines on PI Use of Indirect Cost Recovery Funds
Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR) is the reimbursement that the university receives for facilities and...
Establishing a Research Center
Effective October 1, 2014, CPH will adopt the following policy regarding the establishment of new...
Corporate and Foundation Relations
The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) fosters external relationships with local,...