Managing Grants
Your guide to effective management of awarded grants and contracts at UWM.
- Overview
- Specific areas of responsibility for OSP, the Dean's Office, and the PI in effectively managing grants and contracts.
- Award Negotiation & Acceptance
- Managing sponsor-requested changes to proposals and acceptance of awards.
- Account Setup
- OSP procedures for establishing funded-project spending accounts; conditions under which an account may be established prior to receipt of the official award.
- Subawards
- How OSP facilitates subaward agreements with collaborating institutions, and the PI's role in making this happen.
- Monitoring Account Activity: WISDM
- An introduction to campus financial data reporting and difficulties you are likely to encounter with the system.
- Effort Reporting
- An overview of the new effort certification system replacing Personnel Activity Reporting.
- Compliance
- Campus resources to ensure compliance with federal, state and University research regulations.
- Grant Administration Policies
- Various campus policies related to the fiscal administration of grants. More will be added in coming months.
- Working with Your Grant Accountant
- PI/accountant shared responsibility for recovering expenses; effect of award conditions and fiscal policies on the allowability of costs; meeting reporting requirements, requesting a no-cost time extension; and closing out the account.