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Roles and Responsibilities

100

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

Principal Investigator

200

Developing budgets and budget justifications is typically the responsibility of:

4. PI and Departmental Research Administrator (SPAN member)

300

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

Central Research Administrator (OSPRI)

400

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

Central Research Administrator (OSPRI)

500

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

4. PI and Departmental Research Administrator (SPAN member)

Costing Practices True/False

100

I can always charge cell phones to a grant

False

500

Administrative employees can always be charged to a federally sponsored agreement

False

Acronym Terms

100

SPA

SPONSORED PROJECTS ACCOUNTING

200

OSPRI

Offices of Sponsored Programs and Research Integrity

300

AO

Authorized Official

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

400

SPAN

Sponsored Programs Administrators Network

500

NCURA

National Council of University Research Administrators

F&A

100

What does F&A stand for?

Facilities and Administrative costs

200

F&A is also called as:

Indirect Costs or Overhead.

300

What is the current UCCS F&A Rate?

46%

500

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

55%