Grant Management: What Works (And What Doesn’t)
We all know how much information is out there about how to manage your federal grants. And yet with all that information, does it still feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose? The latest visit from the Program Officer. The need for processes and procedures. Indirect cost rate proposals. The push to hire and […]
Find the Hidden Certification Requirement in the New Grant Management Regulations
The new grant management guidance contained in the “super-circular” is designed to improve program outcomes and spending accountability. You may be wondering exactly how that’s going to happen? Well, one of that ways to achieve those results is to have grant recipients “get more skin in the game” with a new certification that all the […]
2 New Options for Indirect Costs Rates in the New Grant Regulations
One of the goals of the new grant management regulations is to reduce administrative burden for grant recipients. At this moment, the change in the grant guidance may not feel like a reduction in your workload. But don’t lose hope. You just have to do a little digging to find these two gems in the […]
5 Pillars of the New Grant Regulations
The change in grant regulations released in late 2013 brings with it a renewed focus on performance, oversight and decreased administrative burdens for both grantees of 5 Pillars and awarding agencies. As promised we are digging deeper into the major policy changes and what they mean to grant managers by looking at five pillars of […]
3 Reasons for the New Grant Regulations
Could the new federal grant regulations make your life easier? Believe it or not, that is one of the three main objectives of the combining 8 grant management regulations into one “super-circular.” Feel better now? (If you aren’t familiar with this massive change, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the new Uniform Administrative Requirements, […]
2014: The Year of New Federal Grant Regulations
Did you leave for the holidays with no idea abou Federal Grant Regulations the world of grant management would be flipped on its head? Right before Christmas 2013, the Office of Management and Budget OMB published new guidance for Federal grant management of awards and cooperative agreements. You can watch a 36 minute news conference discussing […]