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Start with 20 questions.

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  1. Answer before checking. Notice what you know and where you are choosing between two options.
  2. Read every explanation. The reasoning behind a wrong answer can be as useful as the right one.
  3. Choose one topic to revisit. Treat the result as a starting point for practice, rather than a prediction of your exam result.

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Work from direct costs to an MTDC base and calculated F&A. See how exclusions, separate subawards and the selected rule basis affect the result.

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Study Notes

Inside the Field Guide

One reference.
Twenty-six chapters.

Alongside these chapters, the PDF includes 150 practice questions, a six-week study plan, a glossary, acronyms, and the 2024 Uniform Guidance change table.

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  1. 01The Research Enterprise and Where Information Lives
  2. 02Types of Sponsors and Modes of Support
  3. 03NIH: Mechanisms, Applications and Review
  4. 04NSF: Programs and the PAPPG
  5. 05Building, Reviewing and Submitting a Proposal
  6. 06Budget Arithmetic: Direct Costs, F&A and Cost Share
  7. 07Other Federal Agencies and Special Programs
  8. 08Subawards and Subrecipient Monitoring
  9. 09Human Subjects Protections (IRB)
  10. 10Animal Care and Use (IACUC)
  11. 11Biosafety, Radiation Safety and Laboratory Safety
  12. 12Export Controls and Sanctions
  13. 13FCOI, Research Misconduct, and Security
  14. 14Award Terms, Negotiation, Prior Approvals and Award Changes
  15. 15Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
  16. 16The Cost Principles
  17. 17Cost Sharing, Program Income and Cost Transfers
  18. 18Compensation, Effort Reporting and Salary Limits
  19. 19Financial Reporting, Cash Management, Billing and Award Monitoring
  20. 20Audit, Single Audit and Internal Controls
  21. 21Facilities and Administrative Cost Rates
  22. 22Procurement, Property and Service Centers
  23. 23Financial Management Calculations
  24. 24Human Resources, Supervision and Development
  25. 25Institutional Service, Governance and Data
  26. 26Office Management, Systems and Consultants