All faculty submitting applications/proposals for outside funding must submit application materials along with the grant or fellowship routing form and budget to the Manager or Director of Sponsored Research before submission to funder.

Grant Routing Form

Fellowship Routing Form

Grant Acceptance Form

Fellowship Acceptance Form

Budget Template

Our federally negotiated Indirect Cost (also called Facilities and Administration, or F&A) Rate is 64.9% on all salary and wages for grants received on or after July 1, 2015

All federally funded researchers of Barnard College must review and adhere to the following policies:

• Policy for Cost Transfers Affecting Sponsored Agreements

• Cost Allowability Policy

• Policy on Records Retention for Sponsored Research, Grants, External Support Records

• Policy on Budget Revision Approval Process for Federal Grants

• Policy on Budget and Expenditure Monitoring and Correcting Cost Overruns

• Policy on Determining Allowability, Reasonableness and Allocability of Costs for Sponsored Projects

• Policy for Ensuring Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (Updated July 2023)

  • Rascal RCR Training Instructions

  • Frequently asked questions about RCR

• Fly America Act and Open Skies Agreements for faculty traveling on federally sponsored grants

• Policy on Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)

All faculty submitting applications to the Federal Government must review and complete a Financial Conflict of Interest Report.  Please send completed electronic or hard copy files to the Manager or Director of Sponsored Research before proposal submission. 

Financial Conflict of Interest Policy for Federal Research Grants

Financial Conflict of Interest Report for Federal Research Grants

For all applicants to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), please review the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity in NASA-Assisted Programs and Activities policy booklet as well as the NASA Policy Statement on Antidiscrimination in NASA Conducted or Funded Programs, Activities, and Institutions.

Once you have received external or internal grant funding, the Post-Award Grant Spending document can help guide you on different types of grant expenditure and how to process payments. 

For information on consultants and purchasing equipment please visit the Barnard Purchasing Webpage.

Policy Regarding Leaves of Absence for Faculty with Grants and Fellowships

For more information on resources the College provides to support faculty research, including internal grant processes, policies on leave, and all of the forms you will need for the related processes, please see the Provost's Research & Professional Development page.