• List of Centers and Institutes
• Policy for the Establishment, Evaluation and Discontinuation of University Centers and Institutes (pdf)
• Academic Program Review for Centers and Institutes
• Guidance for Preparing Bylaws for Centers and Institutes (pdf)

• College of Agriculture

Funding

Internal Funding Programs

• Extramural Funding Initiative
• State Faculty Support Grants 
  • Guidelines for State Faculty Support Grants
  • 2007-08 Awards (pdf)
• Assigned Time for Proposal Development (pdf)

External Support

• Tips on Proposal Writing
  • NSF’s RUI Program: Perspectives from the Inside
  • The Buck Starts Here
• Innovation Quest
• Grants Development Office
• NSF-STC Summer Undergraduate Internship
• Opportunities for University-Business Collaborations 

Research Requiring Institutional Approval

• Research with Human Subjects
• Research using Vertebrate Animals
• Research involving information and materials subject to Export Controls

Cal Poly University Research Policies and Guidelines

• CAP Chapter 200 - Research and Graduate Programs (pdf)
• Centers and Institutes (pdf)
• Conflict of Interest in Research
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Gifts and Sponsored Support (pdf)
• Grant-Matching (pdf)
• Guidelines for Executive Order No. 794 Financial Management of Extended Education (pdf)
• Intellectual Property
• Invention Disclosure Form (pdf)
• Risk Management
• Scientific Fraud and Serious Misconduct (pdf)
• Sponsored Programs (pdf)