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Award Administration: Managing Your Grant |
ALLOWABLE CHARGES In order to be allowable on a grant/contract, all charges must, first and foremost, be reasonable, allocable to the specific project, and allowable under sponsor, university, and state regulations. The university expects and requires budget authorities to exercise the highest standards of ethical and responsibility in the conduct of grants/contracts. Charges to grants/contracts are reviewed for compliance with university and state rules, including the need to seek bids for large transactions or provide justification for sole source acquisition. Travel follows university rules unless the sponsor has issued more restrictive ones. Projects are permitted to have purchasing cards. The OSP reviews all expenditures for personnel, foreign travel, contracted services, independent contractors, and reviews equipment purchases. Sub agreements are issued through OSP with the input of the PI. Invoices against sub awards are received in OSP, approved by the PI, then processed. Federal projects are held to OMB Circular A-21 standards of allowable transactions. If there will be charges which are normally unallowable but if this project has special reasons to acquire these (i.e. alcohol for research) and the items are specifically identified in the proposal and/or have specific sponsor approval, they will be allowed. Guidance for allowable charges:
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