Top 10 Useful Things To Know About UG Updated per UG January 2025 What is UG?  Uniform Guidance (UG) is guidance to the Federal agencies on the administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards.  Once the Federal agencies codify these guiding principles, they become agency regulations.  Make certain you learn which rules […]

Award Closeout Written by Tricia Callahan and Liz Grinstead Complete and timely submission of technical and financial reports, along with other documents required to close out an award, is necessary to ensure the University’s compliance with Federal and agency requirements. Subpart D of the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200.344) addresses award closeout, providing guidance to the Federal awarding agencies […]

Cost Share 101 Written by Tricia Callahan Cost sharing is defined as “…the portion of total project costs not paid by Federal funds or contributions (unless authorized by Federal statute). This term includes matching, which refers to required levels of cost share that must be provided.” –2 CFR 200.1 Simple enough?  Actually, there are a […]

Shedding Light On Program Income Written by Tricia Callahan Shedding Light on Program Income Program income isn’t often in the forefront of our thoughts when helping a researcher submit a proposal or manage an award.  Because we don’t deal with it often, we may have a fuzzy understanding of what program is and how we need […]