Provost area/campus schools pre-award procedure

Sponsor:

• Sends award letter to Duke

Department: 

• If the PI receives the original copy of an award letter it should be immediately forwarded to ORS, with all accompanying documentation, including checks
• The PI is not to sign an award acceptance letter unless directed to by ORS

Office of Research Support:

• Receives the award notification by mail or email from sponsor (typically) or PI (rarely)
• Changes the status of the proposal in SPS Web to "Award in Progress"
• Reviews the award letter, terms and conditions, and awarded budget to ascertain if there are any differences from the submitted proposal
• If the awarded budget is different from the proposed budget, an Award Specialist (AS) may request a revised budget from the PIs department
• If the terms and conditions are not acceptable to Duke the Assistant Director will open negotiations with the sponsor
• If the award letter requires a signature, the Assistant Director or appropriate signatory will sign on behalf of Duke
• If necessary, ORS sends a signed, full- or partially-executed award letter to the sponsor
• If only partially executed, ORS awaits the return of the fully-executed award letter
• The Award Specialist sends the sponsor's award notice and the ORS Award Notice to PI and the departmental single point of contact (SPOC)
• SPOC forwards this to the appropriate Grant Manager
• Once everything has been verified, updated, and/or received, the Award Specialist changes the SPS Web status to Awarded and sends award information to Treasury and Billing Services (TBS). Award Specialist attaches completed award in SPS Award

Treasury and Billing Services:

• Assigns a WBS Element to a new award, competing renewal, or if the terms and conditions require a new accounting code
• Enters the awarded budget into SAP

ORS/Department

• Receives the WBS Element from Treasury and Billing Services

ORS:

• Enters the complete WBS Element into the SPS Web Award Module

Department:

• Completes the Award Management Checklist and reports back to ORS if something is missing from the award

Documentation Offices of Record: 

• Keeps documentation in an award file
• Keeps the award file in office (retained for 7 years from the termination date of the project)
• Keeps the award documents and financial records (retained for 7 years from the termination date of the project)