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A. Charges for supplies or materials need to be encumbered on a purchase order or limited purchase order before the last day of your grant period. Travel must occur before the last day of your grant period. The same rule applies to payroll charges. The work must take place before the last day of your grant period.

A. Federal and/ or State agencies establish the guidelines. We are required to monitor and provide reports to the agencies on expenditures on the project certifying that we are in compliance with agency regulations.

A. Hosting may be charged to the grant if the agency approves the budget with hosting included or you receive prior approval for hosting charges.

A. Please contact your grant accountant 90 days prior to the end of your grant for agency specific requirements.

A. Forward a copy of the extension from the granting agency to your Staff Accountant in the Grants & Contracts Office. This is the only way the Grants Office can update your account in Workday.

A. Absolutely not, grant funds must be expended from the account set-up for the purpose of the grant award.

A. In most cases the Contract/Agreement dictates the requirement for revised budget. Contact your Grant Accountant for more information.

A. The Principal Investigator will Certify Effort for all faculty, unclassified staff, or Graduate students paid from their federal award.

Note: Hourly paid classified staff and undergraduate student employees clocking in and out as work is performed do not need to Certify Effort.

A. After the close of each semester in which someone is paid from your federal grant, the PI will Certify Effort for those employees compensated from their grant.

A. Log into Workday and select Effort Certification. Email Grantsandcontracts@miamioh.edu for additional instructions.

A. Contributed Effort is the difference between the percent of time charged to your grant and/or cost share versus the percent of time actually worked on the project but charged to another institutional fund. You are responsible for tracking this time and it is subject to audit at any time.

A. As a rule, you should always try to charge the expense to the correct grant. A review of your grant expenditures through your monthly statements will assure accuracy of all expenditures in a timely basis. However, should a grant be charged incorrectly, an Online Workday Voucher should be completed within 90 days of the original charge or transaction date. A full description of this process can be found on our home page under the Workday Documents and Forms page.

A. A new fund or index code must be assigned to your grant in Workday. Before a grant can be set up, the Grants Office must have documentation from the funding agency that you have been awarded a new grant. This can be in the form of an email or a letter. We cannot set up a grant based on a verbal conversation. If you have received documentation of the award, please contact the Grants Office to make sure they we have also received the notice. Once it is assigned an index code, an email will be sent to the appropriate contacts to let them know what the number is.

A. NO. All financial reports to the funding agency should be prepared by the Grants & Contracts Office. All reports and invoices from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University are required to be signed by the Controller or their designated person.