This section provides policies, resources, and practical guidance for CSU East Bay faculty and staff working on sponsored projects. Topics include research administration systems, purchasing and payment processes, faculty compensation, student hiring, effort certification, and timely updates from ORSP.
Cayuse is the web-based platform for managing grant proposal submissions, IRB protocols, and Conflict of Interest disclosures, including disclosures of foreign support.
CSUBuy is the 不良研究所’s centralized platform for supplier registration, procurement transactions, and payment processing across all CSU campuses. This section provides guidance for CSU East Bay faculty and staff using CSUBuy to manage sponsored project funds.
Grants and sponsored projects can fund faculty compensation in two ways: reassigned time and additional employment. Both are legitimate, commonly used mechanisms, and both require advance planning, confirmed funding, and formal approval before any work begins or any payment is made.
This section provides guidance on hiring student assistants on sponsored projects, including planning, appointment processes, and key requirements for using grant funds to support student employment.
Effort certification is the University’s process for confirming that payroll charged to sponsored projects reasonably matches the work performed on those projects. This section explains faculty and PI responsibilities, certification timelines, and the federal requirements that support effort certification.
Monthly updates on timely information, policy changes, deadlines, and other issues affecting sponsored projects.