U.S. federal law mandates that all recipients of federal grants or contracts must report details of inventions and patents that have been made through such awards. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the online iEDISON to support these administrative requirements.
Export controls exist to protect the national security and foreign policy interests of the U.S. They govern the shipment, transmission, or transfer of certain sensitive items, information or software to foreign persons or entities. Where applicable, they may require authorization from the U.S. Government in the form of an export license. For universities, release of technology or source code may be “deemed” to be an export if a person allows access to such materials or knowledge to foreign national undergraduate or graduate students, for example.
The date that a funded project ends. After that point, no charges are allowed to accrue to the account.
Federal legislation providing greater administrative autonomy to UGA for awards. With the exception of automatic carryover of funds from one budget period to the next, expanded authorities apply to all grants, and include re-budgeting authority, approval of no-cost extensions, etc.
Phrase used to describe the condition that occurs when a sponsor requires something of tangible value (data, intellectual property rights, technical reports, etc.) in return for a gift or a grant. Gifts with such “strings” are not gifts, and legally cannot be accepted as gifts by the University, UGARF, or the Arch Foundation. To do so would jeopardize each entity’s tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. Merely requiring a report of financial expenditures on a gift or a grant does not constitute an exchange transaction.
The Program Evaluation Group (PEG) in the University of Georgia’s College of Education has over 15 years of experience in the design and implementation of evaluation and research projects ranging from large, multi-site, multi-method evaluations to small, local assessments of education and community programs. PEG provides a full range of evaluation services from conducting needs assessments and creating logic models to producing reports and presentations of formative and summative findings for diverse stakeholders and policymakers.
The eResearch Portal Grants and Awards (“Grants Portal”) provides a single solution for the handling of all proposal and award processes on campus. The portal is UGA’s method to submit federal proposals through grants.gov. All proposals submitted to external sponsors must be processed through the portal.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) website that provides applicants, grantees, and federal staff the tools necessary for electronically processing proposals and for award management. It supports the full grants life cycle, from proposal receipt to award closeout.
Equipment is defined as an item with unit costs of $5000 or more and a life expectancy of more than three years. The item must be specifically identified and utilized on a sponsored project and it must be purchased within the project period; equipment purchased late in the project period may require approval of the sponsor.
In general, entertainment expenses are not allowable on sponsored research awards. The allowability of entertainment expenses on non-federal sponsored research awards depends upon the guidelines of the specific sponsor. Entertainment has been loosely defined as “costs incurred for amusement, social activities, entertainment, and any items relating thereto, such as meals, lodging, rentals, transportation, and gratuities, are unallowable.”
