To request an eRA Commons ID through HSPH, submit an eRA Commons Account Request Form

eRA Commons Overview

Electronic Research Administration (eRA) is an online interface where grant applicants, grantees and federal staff at NIH...

Research Administration: Roles and Responsibilities Matrix

This Matrix seeks to identify commonly encountered pre- and post-award activities and to provide...

• Provost Criteria Review
• Provost Criteria Business Process

Provost Criteria Review

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Please Note: If a proposal deadline for internal review is missed, please refer to the Late Proposal Policy, inform your SPA SRM, and SPA will complete an Expedited Review. 

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IMPORTANT: ALL sponsored proposals MUST be routed to and reviewed by the Harvard Chan School SPA office, whether or not the sponsor requires an institutional signature and/or allows the proposal to be submitted directly by the PI. 

Please Note: Use the...

Please Note: If a proposal deadline for internal review is missed, please refer to the Late Proposal Notification Policy, inform your SPA SRM, and SPA will complete an ...

• Gift versus Grant Overview
• Gift vs. Sponsored Research Policy
• Gift Fund Ranges
• Endowment Fund Ranges
• Related Resources

Gift versus Grant Overview

A sponsored award is funded by an external (non-Harvard) source such as the federal government, foundations, and industry. Sponsored awards must be routed to the Harvard Chan...

For non-federal sponsors, indirect costs rates, and bases for awards to Harvard within the last 5 years are available in GMAS on the “Recent overhead rates” section of each sponsor’s Organization page.

The University and the Harvard Chan School are committed to the recovery of the facilities and administrative costs incurred to support the performance of non-federal sponsored activities. For reasons of sound management and equitable stewardship of resources used in support of all sponsored activities, the...

PI Eligibility Policy

Principal Investigators (PIs) on research grants must have a faculty appointment or other eligible academic/research appointment at the Harvard Chan School. The PI Eligibility Policy (new as of summer 2023) articulates the School’s policy...

• Non-Federal IDC Budget Tool Overview
• Types of Non-Federal IDC Budget Tools
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• Fringe Benefits Overview
• FY 2023 Fringe Benefits Rates
• FY...

Developing a Budget

A budget provides details of the expenses necessary to complete the proposed work in the research plan.  Carefully read the sponsor guidelines, Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), and/or the Request For Proposal (RFP) when putting together a budget, as each sponsor has their own set of budgetary requirements and templates.  Note: Whether a sponsor requires a formal budget or not, Harvard Chan School requires that an internal excel budget and...

• Originally Issued: May 2017
• Last Revised: January 2021
• Responsible Office: Office for Sponsored Programs
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For Faculty: The Office of Faculty Affairs along with the Office of Research Administration provide oversight on faculty outside activities as it implements and advises members of the faculty on Harvard’s policies. The policies along with other helpful resources can be found on this page: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty-affairs/outside-activities/.

For Administrators: Please...

Sponsored Funding

Much of the research conducted at The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is supported through funding from departments/ agencies that sponsor research, training, and/or service activities through various types of agreements. Harvard Principal Investigators (PIs), submit proposals for funding to sponsors, through our Sponsored Programs Administration Offices.

Though most of Harvard's sponsored portfolio comes from federal sponsors, funding has also been...