Smithsonian Policies

• Smithsonian Directives

• Cash Surplus and Cash Deficit Procedure
• Closeout Procedure for Government and Private Fixed Price Purchase Orders

External Policies

• Office of Management and Budget, Grants Management - OMB, working cooperatively with Federal agencies and non-Federal parties, establishes government wide grants management policies and guidelines through circulars and common rules. These policies are adopted by each grant making agency and inserted into their Federal regulations.
  • OMB Circular A-122, “Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations”
  • OMB Circular A-110, “Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations”
  • OMB Circular A-133, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations”
  • Exemption for Public Law 106-107
    
    

• Federal Agency Websites and Policies

• Private Sponsor Policies (please contact your Development officer or OSP)

• Grants.gov
• Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers
• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Indirect Costs

• Smithsonian’s Current Indirect Cost Rates

• Please see the Smithsonian Directives page for applicable SDs

Administrative Support/Project Oversight Costs

• AS/PO Policy (effective 01/01/2006)
  • Fact Sheet (Word)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (Ppt)
    
  • Waiver Process (Word)
    
  • Frequently Asked Questions (Word)
    
  • Waiver Flow Chart (PowerPoint)
    
• Budget – please see the Forms page

Budget Policies

• Federal Domestic Per Diem Rates
• Federal Foreign Per Diem Rates

• Please see the Smithsonian Directives page for applicable SDs

Compliance Policies

• Animal Care and Use
  • OSP Animal Care and Use Webpage

• Use of Human Subjects in Research ***

  Federal and Smithsonian Institution policy requires formal training in human subject research. This training can be completed in person or online. If your project is approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI):Human Subjects in Research certificate of completion.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): for Human Subjects in Research certificate of completion.

*Human Subjects Smithsonian Policy in process. Contact OSP for more information

** Smithsonian Institution Human Subjects in Research webpage coming soon...

• Responsible Conduct of Research
  • As issued by the Office of Research Integrity of the Public Health Service (ORI)