Effort Commitments and Payroll Certification
No-Cost Extension Request Procedures
Extramural Support Policies and Procedures
Research Education Development (RED)
Total Awards
$1654M
Federal Awards
$978M
Non-Federal Awards
$676M
Research Expenditures
8th (FY21)
Page Updated: October 20, 2021
As one of the nation's leading research institutions, the University of Wisconsin – Madison recognizes the importance of providing good stewardship of institutional and extramural funds. The University's stewardship includes the responsibility for complying with federal requirements for proposing, managing, and documenting sponsored activities.
Cost Sharing Policy
Approved: October, 2010
Cost Sharing Guidance
Updated: December, 2016
Third Party Cost-Share Commitment Letter Template
For departments to include with proposals to indicate the third-party cost-share commitment details.
Effort Commitment and/or Cost Share Update Form
Use this form to update payroll cost share commitments or report non-salary and third party cost-share.
Third Party Cost-Share Template
For departments to request confirmation of third-party cost-share contributions, at the end of an award.
How CSWG will distribute workload for answering questions in CS mailbox
How campus will get CS approved
How RSP will review CS at proposal?
How RSP/Campus will set up CS at award
How campus will manage, track, and document cost sharing
How RSP will investigate/fix CSBO errors
How RSP will handle post-award accounting, monitoring, and reporting of cost sharing
Questions should be directed to costshare@rsp.wisc.edu