Managing an Award

Effective Date: January 1, 2026 Responsible Office: Office for Sponsored Programs Sponsored Journaling Guidance PDF Reason for Guidance This document describes standard business processes and compliance standards to be followed when posting adjustments to...

Effective Date: January 1, 2024 Policy date: December 15, 2023 Responsible Office: Office of Sponsored Programs, Harvard Medical School Office for Research Administration, and Harvard School of Public Health Sponsored Programs Administration PDF of Policy...

Created: July 2023 Effective: August 2023 Revised: June 2024 Responsible Office: Office for Sponsored Programs Overview The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides childcare cost support to recipients of full-time National Research Service Award...

The Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) Research Finance Cash Team provides University-wide support for all sponsored payments, including the federal Letters of Credit (LOC), incoming sponsor payments by issued by check, wire, and Automated Clearinghouse...

The reporting of programmatic and financial information to the sponsor may be required based on the terms and conditions of the award. The timely and accurate submission of these reports ensures compliance with sponsor requirements; mitigating...

Throughout the lifecycle of an award, modifications that differ from the original submitted proposal are often necessary. For both federal and non-federal awards, many of these changes require the sponsor's written prior approval before Harvard can...

The PI and department/local level managing unit assume primary responsibility for ensuring transactions posted to sponsored accounts comply with: The terms and conditions of the award Harvard policies Federal regulations The PI is responsible for...

A subagreement is an enforceable agreement, issued under a prime sponsored project, between a pass-through entity and a subrecipient for the performance of a substantive portion of the program; these terms do NOT apply to the procurement of goods or...

Depending on the payment terms of an award, OSP Research Finance may be required to submit an invoice to initiate payment by the sponsor. At award, OSP Research Finance identifies the complexity of each invoice using the GMAS Financial Deliverable Type...

FDP membership consists of 10 federal agencies and 217 institutional recipients of federal funds. FDP has a wide variety of member institutions, providing federal agencies easy access for testing systems, analyzing the impact of policy changes, and...