Award Management
Your guide to effective management of awarded grants and contracts at UWM.
- Overview
- Specific areas of responsibility for RSA, the Dean's Office, and the PI in effectively managing grants and contracts.
- Account Setup
- RSA procedures for establishing funded-project spending accounts; conditions under which an account may be established prior to receipt of the official award.
- Subawards
- How RSA 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.
- 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.

