Post-Award Steps
Steps
Step 1:
- Review NOGA (Notice of Grant Award)
- Facilitate grant award negotiations
Step 2:
- Conduct Grant Initiation Meeting
- Confirm account set-up and access
Step 3:
- Review contracts prepared by Principal Investigator and Purchasing for external agency
- Review Statement of Work completed by Principal Investigator and subcontractor
- Review and route grant related MOUs and subcontracts for approval
Step 4:
- Conduct Compliance Reviews
- Review program and fiscal reports, as needed
- Provide guidance to department related to grant management and compliance
- Act as the single Point of Contact for grant revisions.
Point of Contact
The Office of Sponsored Initiatives (OSI) serves as the single Point of Contact for all funding agencies on behalf of South Texas College. Grant submissions, negotiations, amendments, and extensions that require an authorized official signature by the President on behalf of South Texas College must be processed through the OSI.
Step 5:
- Review reports and assist in closing grant contract
- Participate in the preparation and assessment of records for grant related audits, desk reviews, and site visits, as needed
- Review grant related audits, desk reviews, and site visit packages prior to final submission to grantors, as needed
Contact Office of Sponsored Initiatives (OSI) at 956-872-6765 for more information regarding grant compliance support.
Services
- Grant Negotiations, Revisions, or Extensions
Point of contact for grant awards, negotiations, revisions, and requests for extensions.
- Subrecipient Award Processing
Technical assistance to develop subrecipient award budgets and agreements with other institutions and agencies.
- Coordination with Grants Accounting for Budget Set-up
Compliance staff coordinate with the Project Investigator/Project Director(s) with the process and paperwork to set-up the internal budget for newly awarded grants.
- Grant Initiation Meeting
Each new grant will have a Grant Initiation Meeting to review the Terms and Conditions of the grant, program requirements, timeline, plan for the funded project and to initiate the budget set-up process.
- Compliance Reporting Support
Technical reviews of draft programmatic compliance reports for grants.
- Grant Compliance Reviews and Technical Assistance
Grant Status and Compliance Reviews to monitor and provide technical support for the compliance with funding agency guidelines and program requirements.
