Significant rebudgeting occurs when expenditures in a single direct cost. Incurrence of research patient care costs if costs in that category were not previously approved by NIH or if a recipient desires to rebudget additional funds beyond those approved into or rebudget funds out of the research patient care category.
How DO subawards work?
Subawards allow another organization to perform some activities for your grant under your supervision. They enable collaborations between you—the grantee—and the subawardee. Since subawards are legal agreements, your institution must draw up a physical document or consortium agreement that both organizations sign.
What is an unobligated balance NIH?
Often Sponsors request Grant Holders to report on their estimated unobligated balance; that is, the estimated amount of unspent funds at the end of the current budget year (BY). Below is the language from the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Does NIH allow pre Award spending?
“When can I begin pre-award spending if my application is likely to receive funding?” For most grants, your institution can allow you to start spending money up to 90 days before your grant’s official start date for research within your approved aims.
Can you increase effort on NIH grant?
Yes, there are no rules prohibiting increased effort for anyone supported by a grant, including the program director/principal investigator (PD/PI) and anyone else named in the Notice of Award.
Who are key personnel on NIH grant?
The Principal Investigator (PI) and other individuals so designated on an NIH funding proposal. They contribute to the scientific development or execution of a project in a substantive, measurable way, whether or not they receive salaries or compensation under the grant.
Is a Subaward the same as a subcontract?
Simply put, subawards are program awards to subrecipients, and contracts are payments to contractors for goods or services.
What is a Subaward agreement?
Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program award or subaward.
What are unobligated funds?
Unobligated balance means the amount of funds under a Federal award that the non-Federal entity has not obligated.
What is expanded authority NIH?
EXPANDED AUTHORITIES. Federal administrative requirements allow agencies to waive certain cost-related and administrative prior approvals; these are known as expanded authorities. In 2001, NIH extended expanded authorities to all NIH awards except for the provision to automatically carry over unobligated balances.
Can you buy a computer on an NIH grant?
NIH Award Example: “This award does not include funds for the support of computers, and printers as requested in the application. “General purpose equipment (i.e., personal computers and/or commercial software) is not allowable as a direct cost unless specifically approved by the NASA Award Officer.
How much is an F31 grant?
Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F30 and F31): Provides 60% of the amount requested by the sponsoring institution (up to $16,000 per year or $21,000 per year if fellow’s program supports formally combined dual-degree training, e.g., M.D.-Ph. D., D.D.S.-Ph. D.).
How does the subaward closeout job aid work?
The Subaward Closeout Job Aid provides additional detail to the steps below. 1. A Subaward Closeout task is initiated 30 days before the obligation end date. Tasks are system-generated on a monthly basis and default to a status of “Not Started”; see WI-CP-05 Generate Monthly Pre-Final List.
What is a subaward and how does it work?
A subaward is when a portion of Stanford’s sponsored project is passed through to another entity in order to complete a portion of the sponsored project’s scope of work. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a program.
Can a subaward be issued to a subrecipient before the prime sponsor?
A subaward will not be issued, nor payments to a subrecipient authorized, prior to Stanford’s receipt and acceptance of a funding commitment from the prime sponsor. A Stanford PI or designee may not authorize a subrecipient to begin working without a fully executed subaward agreement in place.
How do I get a subaward agreement from Stanford?
After a prime award has been accepted by Stanford and PTA’s have been set up, the PI or his/her authorized administrator must submit an iProcurement Standard Subaward Requisition to start the subaward agreement issuance process.
