grant/project life cycle part 2. grant/project life cycle overview

GRANT/PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

PART 2

GRANT/PROJECT LIFE CYCLE OVERVIEW

Project Inception

Proposal Developme

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Award Acceptance

Award Managemen

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Award Close-

OutFaculty Roles & Responsibilities

-Share funding opportunities

-Compliance -Approvals-Submission

- Notified -Supplemental Award Proposals

- REEport

Proposal Coordinator Roles & Responsibilities

Business Office Roles & Responsibilities

OGCA Roles & Responsibilities

-Idea -Funding-Collaborators

-Scope of Work-Budget & Budget Narrative

-Activity-Expenditures-Reporting

- Clean up- Reports

- Award vs. Assumption- Reading the Award

-Funding info-Planning tools-Resource mgmt.

-Review-Auth. approvals-Submission

-Negotiation-Execution-Project Setup

-Reporting-Invoicing-Compliance

-Technical-Financial-Other

-Review Proposal -Confirm Match

- Communicate changes with Faculty

-Maintain Budget -Reporting-Ensure compliance

-Budget Wrap up

COMMUNICATION

Key to a successful Project:

COMMUNICATION

AWARD MANAGEMENT:OVERVIEW

Project Inception

Proposal Developme

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Award Acceptance

Award Managemen

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Award Close-

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-Supplemental Award Proposals






- Notified












FACULTY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Buy equipment early on (best if no later than 60 days prior to end of award)

• Make sure salaries are set up as soon as you start work on your project

• If you have a subaward, review their invoices and sign off within a reasonable time (make sure they are delivering their reports, too)

• Get your travel approvals on-time, and submit expense reports timely


Banner is the official financial “record” of the University. As such, the financial status of an account is reviewed regularly. Fund/Org accounts are used to

record revenues and expenses by use of account codes.

Account codes are the means of categorizing transactions among the various revenue and expense accounts.


Account Code Categories:Salaries, wagesBenefitsTravel accountsContractual Services (includes subawards)CommoditiesEquipmentStudent AidF&AMiscellaneous (usually only used for Assumptions)Revenue accounts- selectively set up to identify source of

funding

EFFORT CERTIFICATION

• UA has a trimester system• Spring, Summer and Fall

certifications• Interim reports will be

available via your Grant Fiscal Officer

• End of semester certifications will be due within 10 days of receipt

• Certify as-is, or make changes to the percentages plus or minus 10%

POINTS OF NOTE…

• Keep lab books correctly; they can back you up if any IP claims are filed or effort is questioned, also for any audits.

• Keep an eye on report dates, end dates, budget data—monitor monthly expenditures

• Contacts are usually:– Program officers/managers - handle technical

matters– Grant specialists - handle contract/financial matters

SCOPE CHANGING?• If you find your budget is

getting out of line, it’s possible that your scope is too!

• Where are your costs actually being expensed?

• It’s OK to find your scope is moving, but YOU MUST notify the Grant Fiscal Officer immediately so we can get agency approval through OGCA

• Budget changes greater than 10% usually need agency approval

• Communicate to the Grant Fiscal Officer Right Away

COMPLIANCE

• Be mindful of security issues - if you intend to apply for sensitive research be aware that it is time-consuming just to play by the rules

• International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) – check the award to see if it applies

• Remember, if you take a laptop/smart device out of the country with you – you may be in violation of ITAR

Requires Agency Approval:• Change of PI or key personnel• Change in scope• Absence of PI or project

director for more than three months, or a reduction in effort of greater than 25% of that promised

• Second no-cost extensions (may be 1st, too)

• Moving money out of Participant Support (some agencies)

WATCH YOUR EXPENSES

• Review your expenditures monthly-- Watch your line-item budget amounts – we can change those easily to accommodate your research needs – after all, your original budget was a good guess: Work with the Business office to rebudget—as there is a form that needs to be filled out to request.

• If your percent of effort changes significantly, make sure your Grant Fiscal Officer change where your pay is being drawn from

MONTHLY REPORTS OVERVIEW

• Inception to Date Report—this shows overview of line-item balances

• Labor Summary Report—this shows who has charged to the project, verify you know all personnel and verify they have worked on the project– Use in conjunction with the Initial Proposed Labor

spreadsheet

• Transaction Detail Report— this is a report of all non-labor charges that have posted the project, verify all charges are allocable/allowable to the project

QMENU

• See Cheat Sheet• qmenu.alaska.ed

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PROPOSAL COORDINATOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Agencies may have additional funds that are available after the award of the grant. The proposal development process must be followed. Contact the Proposal Coordinator as soon as possible so they can help you through the proposal process.

BUSINESS OFFICE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains budget– Budget Revisions

• Other Changes– No Cost

Extension– Change of PI– Change of Scope

of Work


• If requesting a change to your project:1. Contact your Grant Fiscal Officer (Nicole

Chambers)2. Work with Grant Fiscal Officer on required forms3. Grant Fiscal Officer sends request to OGCA4. OGCA turnaround time- 30 days

- Get requests in early!

5. Grant Fiscal Officer follows up- Any questions on status, please see Nicole

6. Once request granted, Grant Fiscal Officer will notify PI


• Processes:– Travel Requests– Labor Changes• Labor Default• Labor

Redistribution

– Procurement Requests


• Effort Certifications– Sent out Fall, Spring and Summer– Exempt Staff, Faculty and Graduate

Students– Needed if Restricted fund charged


• Tools– Award Acceptance

Package• Fund/Org + Initial

Budget

–Monthly Reports– Initial Proposed

Labor Spreadsheet

OGCA ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communication– Sponsors and units– Harmonization

• Reporting– Progress Reports– No Cost Extensions

• Invoicing– Monthly, Quarterly,

other

• Compliance– Cost accounting

standards– Effort reporting– Subawards– Match certification

(OGCA AwaRe form)• Training/Education– Uniform Guidance

QUESTIONS ON AWARD MANAGEMENT?

AWARD CLOSEOUT:OVERVIEW

Project Inception

Proposal Developme

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Award Acceptance

Award Managemen

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Award Close-

outFaculty Roles & Responsibilities

- REEport






- Notified -Supplemental Award Proposals





- Clean up- Reports

-Technical-Financial-Other








-Budget Wrap up


CLOSE OUT

• Remove personnel from the award• Get final invoices from subawardees, get them

paid so expense is incurred• Notify warehouse, copy pool, telephone people

that your grant has ended• Verify that match, if required, is fully

accounted for (incl. letters from 3rd party)• Report any IP to the Intellectual Property office

CLOSEOUT – CONTINUED…

• Send in your technical reports on time. Cc the business office as well. (Equipment and Patent reports are done by OGCA, after checking with you and OIPC)

• Don’t stockpile supplies – residual inventory

• Work with your department to close any open purchase orders

• Make sure your technical report arrived• Keep records for minimum 3 years (give

your department a copy!)

PROPOSAL COORDINATOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• NIFA REEport Reporting– Annual– Final


• Budget Wrap Up– Ensure zero balances for billing• Overruns

– Step 1: Can charge be moved?– Step 2: If no, overrun will be taken out of PI’s ICR

account.

– Assist in coordinating deliverables

OGCA ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical– Final programmatic

• Financial– FFRs (SF-425s, etc.)– Banner closeout

• Other– Property,

equipment, patents

• Subaward closeout

QUESTIONS ON AWARD CLOSE-OUT?

OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

• Travel Cap for FY15 on Unrestricted Funds• ICR Policy• Seed Money for workshops• Quotes for requisitions, not needed for items

under $10K• Time Sheet Changes -TKL (Time Keeping Locations) due to merger/departments

END OF GRANT LIFE CYCLE PART 2

Please reconvene tomorrow, August 28th, 2014 for Contract Training

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