Category: Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

This list includes all policies, procedures and guidelines related to a research topic.

View a list of key university-wide research policies, procedures and guidelines.

Small Business Subcontracting Plan

Guide Created 06/2016Revised 12/02/2022 Guide [PDF] Exhibit 1: Budget Template [XLS] Exhibit 2: Supplies and Other Direct Costs Summary [XLS] Exhibit 3: Small Business Plan Template [DOC] Exhibit 4:  Acknowledgement Memo [DOC]

Just-In-Time (JIT) via eRACommons Procedure

Created 08/2006Revised 11/2015 Only After JIT request is received (via email, letter or telephone call) from NIH:Generally, a JIT requests asks for the information found at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/peer/jit.pdf Principal Investigator (or PI’s designee) will: OSRS Review:

Executive Order 12372 “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs”

Created 03/2005Revised 06/2025 Several types of applications are subject to the State Intergovernmental review process, including but not limited to the following agencies: Examples of application forms requiring an answer to “Is application subject to review by Executive Order 12372 process?” The guidelines will indicate whether or not an application is subject to Executive Order […]

Principal Investigator Eligibility Matrix

Some schools have published criteria for who may apply for funding programs based on their role at WashU. If the school is not listed, contact a department research administrator in that school to determine eligibility. Arts & Sciences McKelvey School of Engineering School of Medicine [DOC]

Individual Development Plans (IDP)

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs IDPs Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) Predoc Policy Created 09/2014 School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Education Recommendations Created 03/2014 Engineering Research Toolkit: NSF Mentoring Requirements for Proposals Office of Training Grants’ Examples of Individual Development Plans for RPPRs (WUSTL Key required)

Final Invention Statement (FIS) via eRA Commons Procedures

Created 01/2006Revised 07/2025 Purpose NIH requires the processing of three closeout documents when a grant ends: The Final Invention Statement (FIS) discloses any inventions that may have been created through the duration of the grant and whether they were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The statement should include all inventions […]