... About Us
PAF is the Post-Award Finance Team (PAF Team).
We are charged with helping Principal Investigators and department administrators manage their grants and contracts once they have been awarded.
The PAF Team’s role is a support role to Principal Investigators and department administrators.
Working together, we are all responsible to the overall institution for making sure that grant accounts and contracts are:
- Set up correctly in the system.
- Managed and administered efficiently, effectively and accurately.
- Closed out timely and accurately.
We are here to simplify your account utilization by:
- Setting up new accounts for you.
- Answering your questions about your accounts.
- Helping you spend as the various funding agencies have prescribed or working with you to get agency approval for expenditures which may fall outside their normal guidelines.
We are also responsible for financial reporting on all Federal Grants, Private Grants, and Federal Contracts, as well as billing for certain sponsored project contracts.
Additionally we review and monitor expenditures from Federal Funds according to A-110, A-21, and A-133 audit requirements.
PAF can also assist with the various granting agencies terms and conditions, to ensure these guidelines are met.
Finally, we serve as liaison for the University when external auditors perform financial audits on Grant and Contract accounts.
We hope you will find our website helpful in issues concerning your accounts. We have incorporated general information on most fund types, as well as information regarding the allowability of expenses on a wide range of fund types from Restricted (Federal, Other Governmental, and Private) to Designated and State Appropriations. We also have included forms that you will help with your departmental reporting needs. Please remember the Information provided on these pages is issued as a guide. Always feel free to contact the PAF Team or the Agency concerning any issue or question you might have.What’s in Here?
Federal Grants
Information about Federal Grants made directly to UTHSC-H from the Federal Government such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Federal Grants to other state, local and private entities who in turn sub-contract to UTHSC-H are also covered in this information.Federal Contracts
General information about all contracts that contain Federal dollars. This includes Federal Contracts to other state, local and private entities who in turn sub-contract UTHSC-H. It also has information about contracts from Department of Defense, NASA, EPA, CDC and other Federal Agencies.State Support
This section covers State Appropriated Funds (Fund 40000 in FMS), Contracts from other State Agencies such as MD Anderson (Fund 53025) or the Texas Department of Health (Fund 53012). It also covers state grants such as the Coordinating Board (Fund 41000) and the State Telecommunications Infrastructure Board (Fund 53013).Private Grants
This section contains an Expense Allowability Grid and general guidelines about private grants. These guidelines are for miscellaneous grants (Fund 56012), and grants from: America Heart (Funds 56003 and 56004), March of Dimes (Fund 56009), Welch (Fund 56011), American Diabetes (Fund 56007), Shriner’s ( Fund 57008), Clayton (Fund 57005), etc.Private Contracts
General information about contract from private firms. These are usually clinical studies (Fund 57001) or service contracts (Fund 57015).Other Funds
General information on a variety of funds. This area includes Gift Funds (Funds 58000 and 58001), Endowment Funds (Funds 59001 and 59002), Designated Funds for both MSRDP (Funds 30000 to 34999) and Non-MSRDP (Funds 36000 to 36999) activities, and Service (Funds 35000 to 35999) and Auxiliary Funds (Funds 16000 to 17999).Grant Guide
A link to a Grant Account Management Guide that provides basic information on managing a sponsored project account.Bulletins
Throughout the year, PAF produces and disseminates a Grant and Restricted Fund Financial Management Bulletin that contains educational information intended to assist faculty and departmental administrative staff in managing sponsored project accounts. This section of the website contains an Index of all the topics that have been covered in previous Bulletins, as well as links to each Bulletin.Forms/Reports
This area contains general purpose forms and templates, as well as links to some standard financial reports.
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Last updated August 29, 2008
