Managing an Award

As your project gets underway, check out these resources and tips to help you manage your award.

Managing projects

Grants Hub offers project management services.
Understand the Board of Regents nepotism policy.
Read the center and institute guidelines.
Best Practices for Developing Interdisciplinary Research Teams

Managing finances

Set up and manage sponsored programs accounts with the user manual and online training.
Read the eData user manual.

Working with humans, animals, and hazardous materials

Conduct research with human subjects/Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Conduct research with animal subjects/Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
Work with hazardous biological materials/Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
Use radioactive materials or radiation-producing devices/Radiation Safety Committee (RSC).
Check out lab safety, radiation and other training with Environmental Health & Safety.

Conducting your research responsibly

Find agency required training on Responsible Conduct of Research.
Find information about conflicts of interest, and read up on conflicts of interest policies.
Limit the transfer of sensitive information, materials, and services: Information and guidelines on export control.
Read “What Every Researcher Should Know.”

Concerns about research misconduct?

Please contact the Research Integrity Officer at rio@iastate.edu.

Detecting plagiarism

Iowa State University provides a subscription to iThenticate for researchers and graduate students for the detection of plagiarism.

Protecting intellectual property & commercializing your research

Turn to the Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (ISURF) & the Office of Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer (OIPTT).
Reach out to Iowa State’s Economic Development and Industrial Relations.

Closing out a grant

Read the instructions for closing studies with a variety of subjects:

Instructions for closing a study with human subjects, plus the IRB project closure form.
The IACUC project closure form for closing a study with animals.
The IBC project closure form for closing a study with biohazards.

Review, monitor, and close out sponsored program accounts.