Are graduate students required to certify their effort on sponsored
agreements, in accordance with OMB Circular A-21, J. 8., subsection
c.(2)a-f?  If so, how does your institution handle the effort reporting for
graduate students?

Our professorial and professional staff certify their sponsored agreement
effort on "after-the-fact" effort reports. Our clerical staff and
undergraduate students use time cards. However, our graduate students are
usually paid a lump sum amount every two weeks and do not fill out time
sheets or sign any kind of "after-the-fact" reporting of their effort.

Laurie P. Chamness                    Phone:  (803) 953-5673
Grants Administrator                   FAX:    (803) 953-6577
College of Charleston              E-mail: xxxxxx@cofc.edu
Charleston, SC  29424