Research: Financial Management

Link to information and resources for the financial management of sponsored project awards.

• Advance spending: Learn about a renewed and improved program that supports advance spending requests for anticipated sponsored research awards.
• Audits/ monitoring: Find out about services that can help in the discharge, oversight, and management of your operating responsibilities.
• Basic responsibilities: Read about responsibilities in post-award administration.
• Billing: Read about the billing and payment methods for sponsored project awards.
• Cost Accounting Standards (A21): Find out about cost accounting standards, a major component of fiscal compliance.
• Effort certification: If you manage funds for federally sponsored projects, become familiar with the Electronic Certification of Effort and Reporting Tool (ECERT).
• Equipment inventory: Learn how to acquire, manage, and dispose of equipment.
• Expense transfers: Find information about cost (expense) transfers (payroll and non-payroll).
• Financial Reporting: Learn how to prepare for final or annual agency reporting for a sponsored project award.
• Index / fund overview: Find information and guidelines on index and fund numbers for sponsored projects.
• Overdrafts: Link to information about reporting overdrafts when the expenditures exceed the award or budget allocation.
• Procurement / Buy & Pay: Information about purchasing methods, contracting for services, and working with suppliers.
• Salary limits: If your department receives funding from NIH, SAMHSA, or AHRQ read the salary limitation (salary cap) guidelines on this page.
• Training: Find Staff Education and Development courses related to supporting financial processes.