Post Award Policies

Links to Boston University’s research accounting policies, guidelines, and forms

Allowable Costs, Cost Recovery Rates and Travel Guidelines

• Administrative and Clerical Costs
• Allowable/Unallowable for Facilities and Administrative Cost Recovery
• Expense Review Policy
• Legacy Object Code to SAP Sponsored Class and GL Account Crosswalk
• Cost Recovery Rates
• Travel Guidelines

Effort Certification and Compensation

• Effort Certification Policy
• Summer Effort and Salary Policy
• Commitment of Summer Effort Request Form
• Manual Personnel Activity Reports (PARs)
  Please contact Effort Reporting to obtain a manual PAR if no system-generated report exists.

Overdrafts

• Provost Overdraft Memo
• Research Accounting Overdraft Policy

Cost Transfer Policies and Forms

• Policies
  • Non Salary Cost Transfer Policy
  • Salary Adjustment Policy
• Guidelines
  • Cost Transfers
  • Journal Entry Upload instructions
  • Grant Cost Transfer Journal Entry Instructions
• Forms
  • Non Salary Cost Transfer Request Form
  • Salary Adjustment Form
  • Student Salary Distribution Adjustment Request Form
  • Journal Entry Upload template
  • Grant Cost Transfer Journal Entry Upload template

Subrecipient Agreements

• BU Subrecipient Manual
• Post Award Financial Operations Annual Subrecipient Certification
• Subrecipient Prequalifying Questionnaire
• Subrecipient Risk Analysis Form

Authorized Signatories for BU Sponsored Programs

• Authorized Signatories for Boston University Sponsored Programs

Other University Policies, Procedures and Forms

• Faculty Departure Procedures