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Last Saturday, we celebrated with outstanding alumni, friends and our Media Sandbox finalists to recognize each of them for their phenomenal work for the college. The Media Sandbox is MSU’s destination for talented and creative students who want to study the latest tools, work with the best faculty and prepare for the media world of the future. Here students s…

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Post-Award Administration

Post-award administration is handled in cooperation with the CAS Accounting and Research team (ART), located in room 209 of the CAS building.  Files for active CAS grants, including award documents, expense records, personnel actions, and compliance documents are maintained in the ART office.  Office for Research Post-Award staff handle grant fiscal administration, including account set-up, monitoring, budget revisions, and account closeout. They also handle compliance issues and sponsor reporting.  Post-Award grant administration support staff include Dania Diaz, as lead, Bart Moore, Amy Olle (for APRR and CSD), and Teresia Hagelberger (for TISM).

Accounting and Research Office

ART staff provides support with purchasing and account reporting.  Principal Investigators receive monthly account reports from the ART office to enable them to monitor their projects and assist in planning and decision-making.  ART accounting staff include Amy Olle (APRR/CSD), Debra Waters (COM/JRN), and Kim Kersten (TISM).

Procedure Upon Receipt

Upon receipt of award, PIs should provide Dania Díaz or Bart Moore with a copy of the award document, who will work with the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)/Contract & Grant Administration (CGA) to request an account number.

Consultation

Any member of our O4R staff is available for consultation regarding any grant-related questions.  They have materials and knowledge on topics such as internal policy, external grant proposal guidelines, no-cost extensions, Semester Effort Reports, budget amendments, Personal Service Contracts (and any other contract issues), Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training, Internal Review Board (IRB) issues, and many others.  They are also the CAS liaisons to MSU Contract & Grant Administration (CGA).

 

Post-Award Services

Personnel Actions (with department operations staff)  -  Sub-Award Contracts  -  Personal Services Contracts  -  Expense Transactions (with ART staff)  -  Budget Monitoring and budget Reporting for PIs (with ART Staff)  -  Budget Revisions  -  No Cost Extensions  -  Progress Reports  -  Effort Reporting  - Interface with CGA on documentation, problem-solving, and compliance issues  -  Account Close-Out