Roles and Responsibilities
Costing Practices True/False
Acronym Terms
F&A
100

"Developing the technical proposal" is typically the responsibilities of:

Principal Investigator

100

I can always charge cell phones to a grant

False

100

SPA

SPONSORED PROJECTS ACCOUNTING

100

What does F&A stand for?

Facilities and Administrative costs

200

Developing budgets and budget justifications is typically the responsibility of:

4. PI and Departmental Research Administrator (SPAN member)

200

OSPRI

Offices of Sponsored Programs and Research Integrity

200

F&A is also called as:

Indirect Costs or Overhead.

300

Submitting the application to a sponsoring agency is typically the responsibility of:

Central Research Administrator (OSPRI)

300

AO

Authorized Official

(Gwen is our primary AO for signing sponsored programs proposals and awards)

300

What is the current UCCS F&A Rate?

46%

400

Negotiating and accepting awards on behalf of the institution is typically the responsibility of:

Central Research Administrator (OSPRI)

400

SPAN

Sponsored Programs Administrators Network

500

Monitoring and reconciling expenditures to ensure allowability, allocability, and reasonableness is typically the responsibility of:

4. PI and Departmental Research Administrator (SPAN member)

500

Administrative employees can always be charged to a federally sponsored agreement

False

500

NCURA


National Council of University Research Administrators




500

xx % of the total F&A recovered will be distributed to the college, school, center, or institute..

55%

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