Resources for Researchers - Office of Research & Economic Development

Research Expenditures

Research Expenditures -- Funds spent to conduct research.

OSP Resources and Forms

Parallel Credit

Parallel credit to a center/Institute for contribution towards a project, in tandem with credit to PIs/co-PIs' home organization(s).

Electronic Proposal Clearance Form (ePCF)

F&A Reinvestment

VPRED F&A reinvestment of indirect costs recovered from sponsors to departments, colleges and centers/institutes.

VPRED Best Practices for F&A Costs (PDF)
No-cost Extension Request Form Startup/Support (fillable PDF)
Payroll Late Fee Approval Form (fillable PDF)
Cost Share/ Institutional Support Request
EPAF Approval Workflow (PDF)
Finance and Payroll Corrections Approval Workflow (PDF)

Incentive Program
for Researchers (IPR)

MSU has developed the Incentive Program for Researchers (IPR) to encourage more grant activity on campus and to allow faculty to receive an annual financial incentive payment.

Institutional Research and Development (IRD)

Faculty members who serve as Principal Investigators (PIs) who include and pay Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) salaries from OSP funding sources with F&As will be eligible to receive a percentage return from the VPRED. Under the IRD program PIs will receive 20% of the F&A generated by expenditures in GRA account codes 61127 and 61127A per semester up to a maximum of $10,000.