Once you’ve received your congratulatory letter online from ORSP it is time to manage your grant both programmatically and fiscally. The Grants and Contracts Accounting Office (GCA), which is a department within the division of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, monitors expenditures against restricted accounts for compliance with university, state, federal and sponsor guidelines to ensure policies are consistently applied. A Business Operations Manual, which provides direction regarding the various policies and procedures relating to the business conducted at the University, can be found at: http://www.ohio.edu/finance/accountingmanual/index.cfm .

TIP: The GCA staff manages all financial post award activity of your grant account, whereas the ORSP post-award staff manages all non-financial post award activity of your grant.

This section will discuss the process of financially managing your grant, including the processing of forms, understanding your account number and financially closing your grant. As a researcher, however, you must first understand your fiscal responsibility of a project.


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