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Faculty Services

Responsibilities
  • Funding Opportunities (Newsletter)
  • Negotiate terms of grants and contracts (Policies and Procedures) done in cooperation with Technology Transfer, Creative Works Office, and General Counsel
  • Workshops and help sessions (Current Schedule)
  • Management of funds (Research Accounting)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is the BYU Federal ID Number?
  • 87-0217280
2. Which congressional district are we in?
  • Third
3. What is the BYU DUNS number?
  • 00-909-4012
4. What is the BYU Cage Code?
  • 52534
5. What is the BYU IACUC Assurance number?
  • A3783-01
6. Which method of calculation does BYU use?
  • Modified total direct cost
7. How do I Submit Manuscripts to Pub Med Central? (Attention NIH Grant Recipients)

Under a National Institutes of Health policy on public access implemented in May 2005, principal investigators receiving federal grant funds from the NIH for research are requested to submit an electronic version of the author's final manuscript within a year of its acceptance for publication. The electronic submission is made directly to the National Library of Medicine's Pub Med Central digital repository of full-text, peer-reviewed research journals. To submit a manuscript, principal investigators should follow these steps:

  • Go to the NIH Manuscript System site at http://www.nihms.nih.gov.
  • Select the appropriate login option--NIH extramural investigators select "eRA Commons;" NIH intramural employees select "NIH Login."
  • Provide basic information, including the journal title, principal investigator, contact information, and associated NIH award numbers.
  • Upload the complete text of your manuscript and image files (figures, tables, etc.).
  • The system will generate a receipt summarizing the uploaded files in PDF format. Confirm that the manuscript and any additional supporting documents have been successfully received by NIHMS, and verify the document.
  • Review and approve the submission statement and specify the time of posting of the final manuscript for public accessibility through Pub Med Central. After it is approved by the principal investigator, the manuscript will be converted into SML--the standardized digital format used by Med Central.
  • Review the XML manuscript as it will appear in Med Central once the conversion has taken place, and correct any errors if necessary. Principal investigators will be notified by email when the document is ready for review.

The article will be publicly accessible through Pub Med Central after the time-delay specified by the researcher. Authors and/or their institutions should ensure that their submisions are consistent with any other agreements they may have.

8. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.
Mentored Environment Grants (MEGs)

Faculty can apply for MEG awards of up to $20,000 to create a mentoring environment for undergraduates. The application deadline for Fall 2008 proposals is Monday, November 24.

Mailing and Copying Policies

Campus Memorandum (sent by Brent W. Webb, November 17, 1997)

In the past, the Office of Research and Creative Activities has taken responsibility for obtaining signatures for institutional approval, photocopying, and mailing of proposals to the sponsor. Increasingly, we are encountering difficulty in providing this service when particular agencies (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE) have program deadlines which affect a number of our proposing faculty. Often multiple proposals arrive at our office the day before they are due to the sponsoring agency. We find ourselves unable to provide the above services in such a short time, promising a timely delivery to the sponsor. Therefore, for those proposals which reach our office later than two days prior to the sponsor deadline, we will commit only to obtain the appropriate approval signatures. The responsiblity for photocopying and mailing will rest with the faculty.

Please understand that this policy makes it possible for our office to guarantee quality work. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, you may contact Gary Reynolds at 422-6177 or gary_reynolds@byu.edu.

Forms and Agreements

NOTE: In order to read the above files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. This can be downloaded for free from www.adobe.com. Just Click on the "get Adobe Reader" button and the website will open up the the file compatible with your operating system (Windows or Macintosh). Then it will guide you through the installation process.

If you want to download the above files to your computer to read them later (using Adobe Acrobat Reader), just right-click on the link to each document and select "Save Link As..."   or   "Save Link to Desktop..."

Summary Sheet

View the 2008 summary sheet

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