Uniform Guidance
Pre-Award
Post Award
Compliance and Ethics
HBCUs
NSPAA
100

What federal regulation establishes administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards?

What is Uniform Guidance 

100

This document outlines the goals, methodology, and significance of a proposed project. 

What is a project narrative or proposal narrative?

100

This financial process involves requesting reimbursement from a sponsor for allowable expenditures.

What is a drawdown?

100

This committee reviews research involving human participants. 

What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?

100

This is recognized as the first Historically Black College and University in the United States

What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

100

The National Sponsored Programs Administrator Alliance (NSPAA) of HBCUs, Inc. was founded in what month and year?

What is December 1993?

200

This section of Uniform Guidance addresses internal controls. 

What is 2 CFR 200.303

200

The logic model is designed to depict a project's short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals. The articulation of these goals demonstrates what?

What is a theory of change?

200

This report tracks project expenditures against the approved budget.

What is a financial report or budget report?

200

This training is commonly required for researchers working on federally funded projects. 

What is Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training?

200

This prominent African American leader founded the social work program at Atlanta University, now Clark Atlanta University. 

W.E.B. Dubois 

200

This person served as NSPAA president in 1997.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

Who is Dr. Mildred Huff Ofosu 

300

This section of Uniform Guidance governs subrecipient monitoring responsibilities.

What is 2 CFR 200.332

300

This office official is authorized to legally submit proposals on behalf of the institution.

What is the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR)? 

300

To comply with Uniform Guidance 200.430, this process ensures salaries charged to sponsored projects accurately reflect work performed.

What is a Time and Effort Report or Effort Certification?

300

Section 7009 of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 1862o-1) mandates that any institution applying for National Science Foundation funding must have this to provide training and oversight in the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research 

What is the Responsible Conduct in Research Management Plan? 

300

This Quaker philanthropist founded the African Institute in 1837.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

Who is Richard Humphreys?

300

These two prominent leaders co-founded the National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance.

Who are Marvin H. Watkins and Franklin D. Hamilton?

400

This type of cost can be assigned to a sponsored project with relative ease and a high degree of accuracy. 

What is a direct cost? 

400

This is a standardized subaward template, financial questionnaires, and an institutional profile used to manage pass-through funding.

What is a Federal Demonstration Partnership Form?

400

This type of action formally changes the approved budget, scope, or project period.

What is prior approval or award modification?

400

Knowingly charging unallowable costs to a federal grant could potentially violate this federal law.

What is the False Claims Act? 

400

This HBCU was founded as the Denmark Industrial School by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a 23-year-old graduate of the Tuskegee Institute. She modeled the curriculum after Booker T. Washington's philosophy. 

What is Voorhees College or Voorhees University?

400

This NSPAA president served from 2008 to 2010.

Who is Ms.Veronica Goodman 

500

Under Uniform Guidance, costs must be necessary, reasonable, allocable, and ____

What is consistently treated? 

500

A sponsor requirement that demonstrates institutional commitment through cash or in-kind contributions is called this.

What is cost sharing or matching? 

500

This occurs when a recipient spends more funds than awarded by the sponsor.

What is an overdraft or deficit spending?

500

This federal law protects human subjects in research and includes requirements for informed consent.

What is the Common Rule?

500

This HBCU was founded in 1925 and is the only historically Black Catholic University in the United States.

What is Xavier University of Louisiana?

500

This NSPAA president served for five consecutive years (2021 to 2025).

Dr. Norma J. Frank

600

Under Uniform Guidance, this section establishes the standards for determining whether costs charged to a federal award are allowable, reasonable, and allocable. 

What is 2 CFR 200.403

600

This critical pre-award process ensures that all proposal components- including budget, compliance approvals, subrecipient documentation, institutional approvals, and sponsor guidelines- are reviewed and approved before submission to the funding agency. 

What is proposal routing and institutional review?

600

These federal laws regulate the transfer of certain technologies and information to foreign countries. 

What are Export Control Regulations? 

600

Accepting gifts or favors from vendors that influence purchasing decisions may violate this ethical principle.

What are impartiality or ethical procurement standards?

600

This HBCU in New Orleans was formed through the merger of Straight College and New Orleans University in 1930.

What is Dillard University?

600

This NSPAA president served between 2013 and 2016.

Who is Mr. Elbert R. Malone?

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