Resources by Topic - Higher Education Compliance Alliance

Federal grant funding plays an instrumental role in allowing university faculty and staff to pursue a variety of research projects. After a grant is received, restrictions and regulations determine procedures for cost transfers, effort commitments, compensation issues, cost sharing, and direct charging of administrative costs. Additionally, proper grants management is especially important for administrators to comprehend as the number of federal investigations targeting fraud in university research programs has increased over the past decade.

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The Enforcement of Federal Grant Accounting: The Legal Perspective

New OMB Uniform Guidance: What Counsel Needs to Know

Academic Sponsored Research and Technology Transfer: Accountability, Transparency, and Resilience in the Research Enterprise

University Compliance with Federal Public Access Policies

Federal Research Compliance 101: What Counsel Needs to Know

Enforcement of Federal Grant Accounting: The Financial and Administrative Perspective

Effort Reporting: Best Practices and Recent Enforcement Actions

The False Claims Act

Office of Management and Budget’s Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards

NACUA False Claims Act Resource Page

NACUA Grants, Contracts, & Sponsored Research

NACUBO Grants Management Research Page

Department of Health and Human Services, Grant Information Page