View all active projects in SEHD.  

You can sort by department, faculty name, agency, and by previous years.

The Office of General Counsel has an approved mutual nondisclosure agreement that can be used and executed. If changes or modifications to this agreement are made, then the Vice President for Research must review and approve changes prior to execution.

PIs will automatically receive at 10% return on the indirect costs generated on their projects.

See the October, 2017 memo on F&A distribution and the Research Development Fund.

See the SEHD Guideline for F&A, Salary Savings, and Course Buy-Outs (revised Oct 2017)

The SEHD Facilities & Administrative (Indirect) Costs, Salary Savings, and Course Buy-Outs Guideline was last revised on October 3, 2017. Check the document for updated guidelines.

Indirect Costs are recoverable costs that are not identified with a specific sponsored project. Indirect Costs can be administrative expenses, library expenses, departmental administration, sponsored project administration, building and equipment allowance, and physical plant operation and maintenance. These costs represent a real expense, and when not recovered are a loss of research resources. You will also hear these costs referred to as F&A which stand for Facilities & Administration.

Research Compliance and Biosafety

iRIS Portal 

RDS facilitates major research through the development of disciplinary and multidisciplinary projects. More information available on the RDS website.

621A Harrington can be scheduled for project meetings.

Please call 845-5311 to schedule the room.

Human Resources has clarified that, for any research staff member a PI must terminate for lack of funding/end of grant project, HR will require these 3 documents:

1. Copy of a 60-day advance termination notice given to the employee, specifying that funding supporting their position is coming to an end
2. Copy of the employee’s most recent annual appointment letter
3. Copy of the official award letter/notice from the funding agency that includes end date of the project

The situation is more complicated when the employee is supported off multiple grant projects and/or other resources (e.g., IDC returns). Please contact Jeanette Phillips in the Dean’s Office as early as possible if you believe you must terminate research staff who are supported by multiple sources. Additional documentation will be required.

The following research positions are considered faculty-equivalent:

View the SRS Excel budget template

Faculty with a portion of their FTE funded from extramural projects may arrange to ‘buy out’ of courses at the rate of 10% of their 9-month annual base salary (capped at $10,000) per 3-hour course. They must still meet department-determined minimum teaching load requirements and must specify the area in which that percentage of their time will be reallocated (e.g., research/project administration, service). Faculty may only use buy-outs to reduce their course instruction loads and must continue to fulfill their ongoing service, student advising, and administrative duties. Buy-outs cannot be used to reduce one’s overall work effort or be construed as approval for a full-time research appointment.  Effective January 1, 2018.

The Division of Research provides the titles that are eligible to be PIs on a proposal. Select the PDF document on their page, only those with a “M” in the first column apply to TAMU.  Learn more.

Submit a Proposal Notification Form (log in with Net ID). It is also a good idea to talk to your department head about the implications of a funded proposal. The pre-proposal form acts as a notification tool. Your department head and the Research Office receive copies of submissions. Please see Proposal Preparation and Submission through Sponsored Research Services.

There are many resources to search for funding opportunities. The VPR-Division of Research maintains a page related to internal and external Funding Opportunities.

PIVOT is a funding opportunity search tool that you can customize to fit your needs based on your search criteria. Contact cehdpreaward@tamu.edu for assistance.

SEHD – Research Development Office

• EAHR, EPSY & TLAC: Jason Foley | jason.foley@tamu.edu | 845-5353
• KNSM: Ann Savell | asavell@tamu.edu | 845-0398

SRS – Proposal Administration

Find your SRS Pre-Award Contact

Requests to waive or reduce the Indirect Cost Rate on a proposal budget must receive VPR approval.  To request a waiver of Indirect Cost, the PI must prepare a justification and submit to the CERD pre award office (Ann Savell or Jason Foley) or to the SRS pre award contact (Laura Hill or Dennis Hoyle). The waiver will be entered and routed through Maestro. The off-campus rate should only be used if instructed by the sponsor or if more than 51% of the work is to be preformed off-campus. Your proposal will not be submitted to the sponsor without prior approval of the IDC waiver, so please start this process early. See link for Acceptable Explanations for IDC waivers.

The fringe benefit rate for employees is 18.8%. Graduate and undergraduate students are 11.0% of salary.

The medical insurance rate is $825/month for faculty/staff and $560/month for graduate students.

Longevity is added for all personnel except faculty. Escalation is set at 3% per year.  

Annual Fringe Documentation

Doctoral graduate students salaries are at least $1,750.

Master students salaries are at least $1,100.

Contact the CERD pre award office (Ann Savell or Jason Foley) or SRS pre-award (Laura Hill) to make sure the correct amount is allocated in your budget.

Tuition paid is based on the GA’s effort on the project.

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If institutions are registered in the expanded FDP Clearinghouse – a sub-recipient form will not be needed. The sub-recipient institution should instead provide a Letter of Intent for our office of sponsored research. Download a sample letter.

If they are not registered, the following information is requested:

• Points of Contact (technical/administrative)
• Sub-Commitment Form
• Letter of Intent
• Statement of work
• Budget
• Budget Justification