Grants Accounting (Previously Cost Accounting)

Effective December 26, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget combined eight circulars into the single 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, or "Uniform Guidance". The goals of this change are to ease administrative burden and to reduce waste, fraud and abuse. 

The Uniform Guidance supersedes Circulars A-21, A-50, A-87, A-89, A-102, A-110, A-122 and A-133. 

At Creighton, working groups were formed to study the impact of the Uniform Guidance on our policies for the following topics: Direct Charging and Allowability, Cost Transfers, Cost-sharing, Closeout, Effort Reporting, Intellectual Property, Procurement, Equipment and Property Standards, Record Retention, Subrecipient Monitoring, Conflict of Interest and Travel. Applicable policies were then updated for the new guidance. Procurement policies will be implemented starting in July, 2016. Below are the links to the updated policies.

The Uniform Guidance rules apply to new awards and increments made on or after December 26, 2014.

Policies and Procedures

Policy Name

Policy #

Date Issued/Revised

Grants Accounting Policy

GAPL 00

05/31/2024

Service Center Operations

GAPL 01

04/01/2024

Recharge Activity

GAPL 02

07/01/1998

Direct & Indirect (Facilities Administrative)

GAPL 03

09/01/2015

Cost Transfers

GAPL 04

05/31/2024

Cost Sharing or Matching

GAPL 05

09/01/2015

Personnel Activity Reporting

GAPL 06

09/01/2015

Award Closeout

GAPL 07

09/01/2015

Subrecipient Monitoring

GAPL 08

09/01/2015

Indirect Recovery Allocation Policy

GAPL 09

12/21/2023

Grant Funded Gift and Declining Balance Cards

GAPL 10

6/13/2024

Forms and Templates

Form Name

Form #

Policy Section Reference

Date Issued/Revised

Cost Transfer / Salary Recertification Request Form

GAF01

GAPL 04

11/01/2023

Gift and/or Declining Balance Card Tracking Form

GAF02

GAPL 10

11/01/2023

 

Appendix I - Cost Reference Table