Auditors Read Your Technical Reports Too!
You know sponsors read your financial reports, but did you know they audit your technical reports, too?
Articles for tag: Award Management, Compliance
Cost Allocation: Multiple Projects, One Funding Source
Simple steps to avoid an audit when you have one funding source but multiple projects.
Why Material Transfers Need a Contract
Material transfers are nothing new to university research operations. But there continues to be reluctance among faculty to get the right paperwork in place for it. Why? “Material transfers take time and faculty just want to move on with their research,” said Laura Gutierrez, research compliance specialist at the University of Houston. “Negotiations between institutions ...
F&A: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Facilities and Administrative costs (F&A), also known as Indirect Costs or IDC, are at the very least misunderstood by researchers. At their worst, they smack of “Big Brother.” But F&A costs truly are transparent and nothing to fear (or despise!) Keeping the Lights On F&A are costs that cannot be uniquely associated with a particular ...
