Tools for Researchers

General Information

• Principal Investigator Eligibility - Who can be a PI at the University of Arizona?
• Sales & Service Tips
• Institutional Information - DUNS Number, Tax Status, F&A Rates, ERE Rates
• Just In Time Submission
• Compliance Trainings
• Arizona Experiment Station facilities
• Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center
• The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct
• Search Engines - Funding, Grants, Patents
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for New Faculty - from HHMI
• MAP Dashboard - Economic, Educational, Health & Social, Infrastructure, workforce & Demographic data for Southern Arizona
• Open Science Framework - is a research collaboration platform that is freely available to all researchers. It allows for the management and sharing of research projects at all stages of research. It is capable of integrating with many tools and services you already use such as Box, Github, Google Drive, and many others so that you can continue to work within your existing workflow.

Grant Writing Tips & Tools

• USDA Guidelines for Reviewing Agriculture & Food Research Initiative applications
• USDA gives funding priority to Centers of Excellence
• NIFA USDA Guide for Reviewing SBIR Phase I proposals
• NSF Proposal Processing & Review
• NSF Instructions for Proposal Review
• NIH Grant Writing Tips
• NIH Guidance for Reviewers
• NIH Critique Templates & Review Criteria
• DoD SBIR/STTR sample Proposals

Data Management Plans

• Data Management and Sharing Plan -  guidance from the Library, including NIH-specific guidance
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• ReDATA - a data repository to help researchers comply with data sharing mandates from funders and journals
• USDA