Federal Regulations

• OMB Circulars
  The Office of Management and Budget issues instructions or information to Federal agencies which must be consulted by those entities doing business with Federal agencies. The most important OMB circulars affecting universities and research administration are:
  • OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
  • OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations
  • OMB Circular A-122 - Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations
  • OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (06/24/1997, includes revisions published in Federal Register 06/27/03) HTML or PDF (127k)
     
• "Fly America" Act
   
• Per Diem Travel Rates
  • Continental US (CONUS)/Outside Continental US (OCONUS)
  • Foreign Per Diem Travel Rates
     
• Code of Federal Regulations (searchable)
   
• Federal Register
   
• Federal Acquisition Regulation
  The FAR was established to codify uniform policies for acquisition of supplies and services by executive agencies. It is issued and maintained jointly, pursuant to the OFPP Reauthorization Act, under the statutory authorities granted to the Secretary of Defense, Administrator of General Services and the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Statutory authorities to issue and revise the FAR have been delegated to the Procurement Executives in DOD, GSA and NASA.
• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement 
   
• Education Department General Administrative Regulations
  This publication by the U.S. Department of Education is an unofficial version of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), codified at 34 CFR Parts 74-86 and 97-99.
   
• National Science Foundation
  NSF has combined previous documents into a single document which addresses proposal preparation, proposal submission and grant administration.
  • Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
  • Grant Policy Manual (GPM)
     
• National Institutes of Health
  This NIH site provides links to a number of important documents to assist both research administrator and investigator.
  • PHS 398
  • NIH Grants Policy Statement
  • SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission Information
  • Electronic Submission of Grant Applications