Policies and regulations
Federal uniform guidance implementation at VCU
Uniform guidance implementation at Virginia Commonwealth University
2 CFR 200, Uniform administrative requirements, cost principles and audit requirements for federal awards (“Uniform Guidance”) became effective Dec. 26, 2014, for all federal agencies and applies to federal award recipient organizations including institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Indian Tribes and hospitals.
Available resources and communications
- Federal Register – Final Guidance - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards - complete final guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) effective 12/26/2014
- Research terms and conditions (RTC) – main landing page, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Quick link to “RTC Overlay to Uniform Guidance” (for participating federal agencies)
- Quick link to RTC appendix A-Prior approval matrix (for participating federal agencies that have implemented RTC)
Related links:
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- OMB Uniform Guidance fundamentals (training)
- Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR)
- COFAR webinar on Uniform Guidance implementation - 10/2/2014
- Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) – this site provides updates geared toward university member institutions
VCU training presentations and materials
Uniform Guidance Training #1: Implementation at VCU (presented 12/3/2014, 12/4/2014 and 12/12/2014)
VCU quick reference documents and letters
- VCU IDC Uniform Guidance letter to sponsor
- VCU IDC Uniform Guidance letter to subrecipient
- Uniform Guidance implementation at VCU - quick reference #1 (v.12-12-14) [Topics include Indirect Costs, Direct costing of Administrative/Clerical salaries, Participant Support Costs, Equipment, Computing Devices, Performance Measurement and Reporting, Fixed Amount Awards and Fixed Amount Subawards]
Other federal references
General
- System for Award management (SAM)
- Travel Guidance: The Fly America Act guidelines
Federal grants management
- Assistance listings
- Federal Register
- National Institutes of Health: (NIH) Grants Policy Statement
- NIH salary cap
- NIH sharing policies and related guidance on NIH-funded research resources
- National Science Foundation: (NSF) Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
- NSF grant general conditions
- Research.gov
- Department of Defense
- Office of Naval Research: ONR
- Department of Education: EDGAR--Index
- National Aeronautics and Space Agency: NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Award Terms and Conditions
Federal contracts management
Contact us
Blue team1
ospblue@vcu.edu
Gold team1
ospgold@vcu.edu
Green team1
ospgreen@vcu.edu
Red team2
ospred@vcu.edu
Gray team3
mtadua@vcu.edu
Post award team4
ospaward@vcu.edu
1 Government and nonprofit-sponsored proposals, administrative actions and agreements;
Team assignments by school/college can be found here
2 Industry-sponsored and non-federal clinical trial proposals, administrative actions and agreements
3 Material transfer agreements, data use agreements and confidentiality nondisclosure agreements
4 Award review, processing and distribution (all funding sources), subaward agreements and modifications (when VCU is PTE) and non-financial closeout