Post Award

The Post Award team supports successful grant proposals from Notice of Award through completion. PEFS assists Private Investigators (PI) to develop and execute a financial strategy, managing funds throughout the duration of the award. Post Award support includes, budgeting, staffing, journaling and reporting on funds to fully support research based activities. Post Award leverages information generated from other PEFS departments like Financial Transaction Services and Decision Support to provide PI’s with a holistic account of  financial transparency.

Award Budgeting + Allocation

The PEFS Post Award Team manages the initial onboarding and setup of successful award proposals, creating account codes and linking PI’s and supporting parties. The budgeting and allocation process reviews the initial proposal budget established in Pre Award and modifies the plan to suit final award funding and duration.

Grant Reporting

The Post Award Team leverages grant financial reports generated by PEFS Decision Support. PI reports are distributed monthly to support federal, University and Sponsor policy and to provide additional fund transparency to faculty, staff and students. The Post Award team reviews the summary and detailed level reports for compliance and maintains regular office hours to discuss report assessments with PI’s.

Compliance

In conjunction with Financial Transaction Services, the PEFS Post Award team is responsible for monitoring award activity and reporting to ensure compliance with university, federal and sponsor policy. The Post Award Team assists internal and 3rd party audit effort.