Faculty & Staff

This manual highlights the most important operational guidelines for implementing international projects. Some international projects will have their own administrative manuals, which may provide more specificity on certain topics, such as procedures for professional development, budgeting constraints, the project’s file-naming convention for documents, and the organizational structure of the project.

Additional guidance may be found in the ICAP SOPs, as described previously, and in Columbia University policies and procedures, and funding agency policies, procedures, and regulations, as described below.

Columbia University Policies and Procedures

Throughout this manual there are references to Columbia University policies and procedures relevant to international projects. PIs and others with management responsibilities should be familiar with the existence of the Columbia University Administrative Policy Library, which is frequently referenced in this manual.

Regulations of Funding Agencies

Most funding for international projects is governed by some form of grant agreement, cooperative agreement, or contract in which certain terms and conditions of the award are stipulated. In addition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other U.S. government agencies have extensive regulations to which recipients of USG funds must adhere. These are available in the award documents and on the agencies’ websites.