As a new federal grantee, there are certain pitfalls you must avoid. One of the pitfalls is focusing solely on the programmatic output of the funded project without ensuring your organization’s financial management systems are reinforced. Below are five of...
If you’re a grant manager, sponsored research administrator, or another aptly titled post-award specialist, you likely have had to cite regulations or award terms to provide additional clarity about a specific requirement. I recently had to cite several areas of...
On October 5, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget released proposed changes to revise several sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements to integrate statutory requirements and administration priorities, reduce agency and recipient burden, clarify and...
Imagine you’re surrounded by darkness as you’re steering a ship at night and suddenly you see a light in the distance. You maneuver the ship toward the light and as you approach, it gets brighter and brighter. You realize the light is from a beacon atop a lighthouse....
Let’s start by defining a passthrough entity. A passthrough entity (PTE) is a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a recipient to carry out part of a federal program. If you are a PTE of a federal grant, there are prescribed requirements you must...
