任务
To provide professional administrative and accounting support to the faculty, staff and students who are involved in various research activities at 德克萨斯南方大学; and to enhance compliance consciousness in the area of research grants by promoting the highest standards of ethics and integrity through awareness, 培训, 教育, 监测监督, and appropriate responses to confirmed violations.
概述
研究金融 & Compliance Services is a department within the Office of 研究 which functions as an accounting and administrative office. This Division is responsible for the post-award administration of grants, 合同, 合作协议, and all other extramural sponsored programs awarded to the University. 研究 Compliance activities are included as an integral element related to post award services, 物质与课题研究, and general institutional compliance; the unit reviews and monitors grant-related activities, thereby assuring conformity to federal and state regulations and institutional policies.
Post-Award服务
- Training and assisting Principal Investigators, 项目董事, and their administrative staff regarding fiscal policies and procedures related to grants and 合同 administration
- Establishing General Ledger (G/L) fund numbers in the Banner System for each sponsored project
- 预算 set up and approval based on extramural funding
- 预算转移
- Compliance review of all transactions on grants and 合同, i.e. Omni Circular OMB A-81 and OMB Circulars A-21, A-110, and A-133
- Monitoring cash position and effecting appropriate cash drawdowns and invoices based on expenditures
- Preparing and submitting Financial Status Reports (FSR's)
- Monitoring project expiration dates and seeking extensions/budget revisions from funding agencies
- Assisting with subcontract monitoring and process carryover of fund balance requests.
- Conducting outreach and 教育al efforts to foster a culture of regulatory compliance by educating investigators, and others engaged in substance and/or subject research
- Monitoring effort reporting certifications; liaising between Office of 研究 and Institutional Compliance to enforce accurate reporting of effort certifications.
- Monitoring proposal budgets to ensure that equipment is correctly categorized based on the cost threshold of $5,000或更多
- Review of the equipment inventory, periodically
- Ensuring the accurate and timely close-out of all sponsored projects
- Providing 培训 and obtaining certifications regarding Financial Conflicts of Interest