Policies & Procedures
- Sponsored Programs
- Financial Management
- Application of Staff Benefits – Provides guidance on the proper use and application of staff benefit rates as needed in contract and grant budget proposals and awards.
- Cost Share – Helps faculty and departmental personnel properly propose, account, and report cost sharing and matching/in-kind funds with guidance to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
- Cost Transfer – Provides guidance to UGA faculty and staff on the effective management and transfer of costs on restricted accounts.
- Direct Cost – Ensures compliance regarding direct costs on sponsored projects being allowable, allocable, and reasonable.
- Financial Reporting and Closeout – Ensures compliance with sponsor requirements in reporting for both interim and final financial reporting of expenditures, program income and required cost sharing in accordance with the sponsor’s terms and conditions.
- Research Participant Incentive Payments – Defines the requirements for incentive or pre-incentive payments made to research participants in IRB-approved studies or participation in other creative studies.
- Program Income – Addresses income generated as a result of conducting research, training and public service related activities while ensuring compliance with sponsor and university policies in accordance with federal regulations.
- Fixed Price Contracts – Residual Balance – Instructs on how to access residual balance funds from fixed price restricted accounts.
- Sub Recipient Monitoring – Provides guidance on how subrecipients conduct their portion of a project in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and award / subaward terms and conditions, and how costs incurred by subrecipients are reasonable, allocable, and allowable.
- Uncollectible Restricted Accounts – Identifies the procedures used to ensure the timely collection of funds due to the university on restricted accounts.