The President requires all proposals to private or corporate foundations first be vetted or approved by the Arch Foundation’s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Contact your SPA Representative for information about this preliminary vetting process.
The UGA office responsible for the effective management of the University’s equipment inventory, for records management, and for the reutilization and/or disposition of excess property. Responsibilities cover the acquisition, disposition, loss, transfer, and physical inventory of property.
At UGA, proposals are classified by SPA into one of four types: research, public service and outreach, instruction, or cooperative extension. The project type drives the F&A rate to be used and the legal entity submitting proposals and accepting awards. Research proposals are submitted by the UGA Research Foundation (UGARF); all other proposals are submitted by UGA.
The period of time encompassing all project performance activities proposed in a scope of work (SOW). It begins with a specified start date and ends with a specified end date. A project period may not coincide with a budget period, if the project period extends for more than one year.
The date that a funded project ends. After that point, no charges are allowed to accrue to the account, and typically all required reports become due at some designated point thereafter.
Income earned by the recipient institution that is generated directly by a sponsored/restricted activity or earned as a result of a sponsored/restricted award; examples include revenues from the sale of pamphlets developed under an award or revenues from participant registrations for a conference held as part of a sponsored program.
A VISA card issued by Bank of America that is assigned to a permanent (regular) UGA employee. It can be used to purchase goods and services valued at $4,999 or less. Benefits of the P-Card to a project PI include the ability to reduce petty cash purchases, check requests, and purchase requests while maintaining an audit trail and accountability of expenditures for P-Card transactions.
