Award Administration Information

We’re Live! BU’s new financial, human capital, and procurement systems began Wednesday, June 29. See the BUWorks site for operations that affect awards, personnel and grant/contract administration.

Reference Material

• BU Comptroller Resources (financial statements, forms, object codes, rates, and the new GL account listings)
• BU policies related to award administration (including subawards)
• Forms and Worksheets
• Prior Approval System (summary of actions requiring agency prior approval, often by countersigned letter)
• IPAS forms (on Forms and Worksheets page)
• Information Needed to Establish a Source Number (BU-MED)
• Transferring an NIH Grant to BUMC
• Materials Transfer Agreements–Guidance for Investigators
  • Information sheet (on Forms and Worksheets page)
• Panalpina Customs Broker (BU’s preferred supplier for Customs Broker import/export shipping information)
• Post-Award Financial Operations
  • BU Link
  • My Grants
  • Office of the Comptroller
• Procedures for Accounting/Reporting of ARRA Funds
• Registry of Clinical Trials supported by federal and private funds

Federal Policy

• OMB Circular A-21
• OMB Circular A-110
• OMB Circular A-133

Agency-Specific Information

• Standard and Agency-Specific Research Terms and Conditions
• NIH Grants Policy and Guidance
  • xTrain Quick Reference
  • xTrain PowerPoint Presentation
  • eSNAP Preparation Instructions
  • Final Statement on Sharing Research Data
  • Pre-filled NIH 2590 and Non-competing Continuation forms (MED) (on Forms and Worksheets page)
  • Public Access Policy
  • Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
• Access a complete agency list