Grants Management Manual

Section	Description
Award Initiation	Overview of award processes at Kent State, from award notification to generation of an account index to budget revision requests.
Compliance	Overview of compliance and management issues relevant to sponsored projects.
Compliance - Fly America Act (PDF)	Regulations for international travel on federal funds. Includes copy of Fly America Act Exception Form.
Cost Sharing	Overview of Cost-Sharing: categories, types and processes at Kent State for documenting these expenses.
Direct Costs	Overview of Direct Costs: definition, determining allowability, and examples of allowable and non-allowable costs.
Direct vs. Indirect Costs Matrix	Examples of costs that may generally be charged as direct costs vs. those covered by Facilities & Administrative Costs and not generally charged to the Sponsored Agreement.
Monitoring Expenditures	An overview of how to monitor grant expenditures and account index balance using Banner reports.
Roles & Responsibilities	Defines roles and responsibilities of Grants Accounting, Sponsored Programs, the department, the PI, and the Office of Internal Audit in award administration.
Roles & Responsibilities Post-Award Matrix (PDF)	A list of grant-related post-award activities and who is responsible for them.
Staffing the Project	Principles governing payment of project personnel and procedures for charging personnel time to a sponsored project.
Subawards	Overview of procedures involving subaward agreements including initiation, monitoring, modifications and closeout.