Grants & Contracts Accounting

Grants & Contracts Accounting (G&C) is responsible for the post award administration of sponsored awards.

G&C works closely with departmental business offices, business support staff, and faculty members to ensure financial compliance and proper accounting of externally sponsored funds. G&C's responsibilities include award setup, financial reporting, cost transfer reviews, cash management (including Letter of Credit (LOC) draws, non LOC sponsor invoicing, sponsor payments, accounts receivable), financial analysis, audits, reviews, and award closeouts. G&C also manages prior approval requests including but not limited to No Cost Extensions, Relinquishment/Award Transfer, Change of PI, and Carry Forward from one budget period into the next within a project period.

Research Administration News

An Important Message from the National Science Foundation

Dear Colleagues, The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing this correspondence to inform organizations, and Authorized Organizational Representatives, of a new annual certification requirement for Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) regarding Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (MFTRP). Starting on June 7, 2025, in accordance with the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and […]

Please be aware that a recent update to the Novelution system has changed the functionality regarding adding new sponsors. Only RSPD staff will be able to add new sponsors into the system for proposals. If you are creating a proposal and need to have a sponsor added in the system, please contact the Proposal Intake […]

NIH No-Cost Extension Guidance

As of 5/06, NIH temporarily disabled the No-Cost Extension functionality in eRA Commons. All requests for no-cost extensions (NCE) must be submitted as a prior approval request. If you are planning to request a NCE on an NIH award, ensure you follow UND’s No-Cost Extension Procedure and include all required documents with your request and send it to your […]

Guidelines for Termination of a Federal Award

In the unfortunate event that an award is terminated early, the Vice President of Research & Economic Development developed a set of Guidelines for Termination of a Federal Award. Some termination notices include clauses that allow the PI to appeal. If you receive a termination notice, contact lauren.pite@und.edu.

Minimum Effort Commitment on Sponsored Projects

The Division of Research & Economic Development would like to inform you of an important update regarding the minimum effort requirement on sponsored projects at the University of North Dakota (UND). Effective immediately, Dr. Scott Snyder, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, has approved a reduction in the minimum effort requirement from 5% to […]