Post-award

Activities that take place following award authorization but prior to closeout are part of the “post award” phase of the sponsored project lifecycle. As performance of the project occurs, there can be many activities that require interaction between Principal Investigator/Study Staff, the sponsor and VCU’s central offices.

Other activities

Expanded authority and prior approval requests

The following typical post award activities are processed using RAMS-SPOT Administrative Actions: Carryforward; Change in Scope: Decrease (to funds); Grant Relinquishment; Involvement of New Subrecipient; No Cost Time Extension; Progress Report; Agreement Modification; Personnel-Change to Committed Effort; Personnel-Change of PI; Personnel-PI Disengagement; and Rebudgeting.

Associated document/form	Multiple - See Sponsored Programs forms. RAMS-SPOT get started guide – administrative action
VCU policy or compliance notice	Multi- See Research compliance matrix and Policies, procedures and compliance notices
Related VCU systems	RAMS-SPOT
Responsible VCU unit(s)	PI/ Study staff/ Division of Sponsored Programs / Grants and Contracts Accounting and Effort Reporting

VCU Sponsored Programs NIH RPPR training reference

VCU Sponsored Programs NIH Research Performance Progress Report “RPPR” training reference