Administrivia: Coordinating with BYU Research Office

Matt. 5:18 - "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

• There is a long process for grant applications, so we need to make it all legal and in order.

Coordinating with Research Office

• Federal Registry: Any action that happens must be recorded in the federal registry; any grant application, etc. Hence, it is the most accurate source of information, because it is the most inclusive. grants.gov is searchable, based on Agency, application no., keyword searches, etc. "It is the primary source of going."
• If you want to work with nsf.gov or nih, look at their own websites/search engines.
• Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) - good place to research as well. BYU has a subscription to this service.
• STEM - Science, Engineering, and Math
• BYU School of Education Grant Committee - 3 individuals with ten years of experience (one of them being Aaron Pompham), Roxanna Johnson (editor of McKay Today Magazine, handles PR for the college), Tiffany Hall (Professional Development instructor for Center for Instruction ... CITES). They are certified grant professionals (American Association of Grant Professionals). 8-hour exam for certification. Roxanne and Tiffany focus more on promoting evidence; Aaron focuses more on Administration levels of a project, making sure that you follow all cost principles that govern the grants.
• 50% cost goes to Facilities and Administration at BYU (on-campus). Off-campus (doing research outside of campus for more than 140 days), you can use a lower F&A rate (28%)
• "Modified F & A" : Of all categories of items in a budget--Personnel, Benefits , Capital Equipment (>$5,000), Supplies (<$5,000, includes utilities), Travel, Stipend (includes training), Contractual, F&A (the first thing BYU Administration looks at)--BYU only takes F&A on first $25,000 of all contractual work. This allows for less of F&A cost applied to the grant. No F&A on Stipend.
• Nowadays, you are expected, as a faculty member, to have brought in a lot of money to the school through your research grants.
• The Budget is where the Administration comes in, on College and Department level. 9/10 times, it's right in-line with their research agenda.
• BYU does not allow students to interact with the agencies and try to handle all the paperwork themselves. BYU's policy is total ownership of faculty grants.