And along these lines, what effective strategies are there for getting faculty
to submit the reports?  We have one that has been absolutely impossible--and
freezing rcurrent esearch accounts wouldn't solve the situation but, in fact,
would probably make the PI happy because it would relieve the PI of further
responsibility for continuing the work.  What can we suggest to the Chair and/or
Dean when the PI is a tenured faculty member?

"Hawk, Pat" wrote:

> Okay, I'm writing for a "friend at another institution."  You've hit some of
> highlights below, but keep in mind that those reporting requirements are
> terms and conditions of the agreement, so if one is not meeting the terms
> and conditions of the agreement, you've already mentioned some repercussions
> from that, but there are others.  The sponsor can "annul" the agreement (I
> believe that's the term they used when I was working at EPA), which of
> course means the agreement never existed, which means your institution has
> to refund any monies spent.
>
> Another potential "bad thing" is the sponsor (federal in this case of
> course) can declare your institution (not just the PI) ineligible to receive
> further funding from their agency if delinquent reports weren't submitted.
> The second part of the being declared ineligible is that they would also
> turn the grant file over to their Inspector General's office to determine if
> their agency should seek recovery of grant funds that have already been
> provided.
>
> Then of course, there's the excellent potential of being "written up" in
> your A-133 audit for failing to submit reports per the terms of the
> agreement, which means your institution has to respond to the audit finding
> and provide a corrective action plan.
>
> You ought to check out the Section in A-110 on Termination and
> Enforcement--you'll find it after the section of record retention.  You'll
> see that each agency can devise its own little plan for dealing with
> recipients with a history of poor performance.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Pat
>
> Patricia A. Hawk
> Sponsored Projects Administrator
> 5219 University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR  97403-5219
> tel: 541/346-2504
> fax: 541/346-5138
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Krell [mailto:xxxxxx@IIT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 10:57 AM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: Consequences of Delinquent Reports
>
> Okay, so just what *are* all  the consequences of delinquent reports to
> sponsors?
>
> I have a few ideas (triggering an audit; bad relations with sponsor etc),
> but I'm writing an article for our research newsletter and would love to
> hear from the group (Your institution will not be named in the article).
> Please reply either to the list or to me on the side (xxxxxx@iit.edu).
> Horror stories welcome!
> Thanks.
> -Glenn
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> Illinois Institute of Technology
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