Charlie,
I would think that in the award terms and conditions or notice from the
funder, you would find language relative to the accountability of the
grantee in managing the award (financial and programmatic aspects). The
funds are awarded to the institution to carry out the project thereby
placing the institution as the primary responsible party.

Sharon D. Smith
Research Development Specialist
MTSU Office of Research Services
(615) 898-5894 (Office)
(615) 898-5028 (Fax)

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Glen Clarke
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Charlie,

A-110.21 (b) (3) requires that the grantee institution provide:  "Effective
control over and accountability for all funds, property and other assets.
Recipients shall adequately safeguard all such assets and assure they are
used solely for authorized purposes."  This is under Standards for Financial
Management but the "authorized purposes" phrase implies that there is a
programmatic aspect to this control and accountability.  I'm not aware of
anything that specifies how the institution assures that the PI will
adequately safeguard assets, merely that the institution must exert
effective control.

Glen

Glen C. Clarke
Associate Director
Research and Sponsored Programs Office
SUNY Cortland
(607) 753-2511
fax:  (607) 753-5590
xxxxxx@cortland.edu

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Charlie Hathaway
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:32 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Relationship of PI to grantee institution

[related to Pam's question...]

Can anyone direct me to federal regulations covering the relationship
that should exist between an individual researcher and the
institution that is awarded a grant to facilitate the individual's work?

Does the grantee organization simply guarantee that all its PIs are
responsible and accountable to it?

thanks

Charlie Hathaway

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