Sponsored Projects Handbook
The Sponsored Projects Handbook has been created to give practical guidance to faculty and administrative staff of Columbia University in the management of sponsored projects funded by both governmental and private organizations. This Handbook will acquaint new investigators and administrators with the research policies and procedures of the University and serve as a reference guide for all investigators and administrators.

Medical Research with Animals 
Columbia University is committed to the use of animals in biomedical research only when all other options have been determined to be inadequate or inappropriate. We understand the responsibility associated with animal-based research and aim to provide the highest level of ethical and humane care. This website provides information about research conducted with animals at the University.

Effort Reporting
Effort reporting is the federally-mandated process by which the salary charged to a sponsored project is documented as being reasonable in relation to the effort expended on that project.

Administrative Policy Library
The Administrative Policy Library is a repository for policies administered by the departments reporting up to the Senior Executive Vice President and other select departments.

RASCAL
RASCAL is a web-based suite of IT modules that was developed to simplify the University's research compliance and administration processes. It was designed internally to help investigators and administrators manage ongoing research projects and related compliance activities at the University.  RASCAL is used by many of the University's primary research administration offices.

InfoEd SPIN Plus
InfoEd SPIN Plus is suite of applications including

• a searchable funding opportunities database which contains up-to-date national and international government as well as private funding sources
• an automatic daily alert service that notifies investigators via email of relevant new funding opportunities initiated by a keyword match, and
• a database which stores profiles for faculty and administrators allowing searches of other investigators' work and research interests to find potential collaborators.

To access SPIN Plus, all you need is your UNI and password to be able to log into the system.

Compliance Hotline
866-627-3768
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