Saint Louis University's Management of NIH Grant Awards Did Not Comply With All Federal Requirements but Complied With Financial Conflict of Interest Requirements

Submitting OIG:

Date Issued:

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A-07-20-05127

Component, if applicable:

National Institutes of Health

External entity, if applicable:

Saint Louis University

Location(s):

MO,

United States

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$263

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
23-A-07-081.01	Open	No
We recommend that Saint Louis University refund $263 to NIH for unallowable travel costs.
23-A-07-081.02	Open	No
We recommend that Saint Louis University ensure that it always manages NIH awards in accordance with Federal and award requirements by strengthening procedures for reconciliation of payroll costs to approved salaries and wages and to payroll reports, and strengthening controls to ensure the timely completion and certification of employee time and effort reports after completion of each 6-month reporting period.
23-A-07-081.03	Open	No
We recommend that Saint Louis University enhance its existing controls by developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure that either the internal audits conducted by its internal audit firm, the University's compliance department, or both, review costs that the University claims for its NIH awards.
23-A-07-081.04	Open	No
We recommend that Saint Louis University strengthen its controls, to include policies and procedures, to ensure that it properly monitors its subaward subrecipients, to include: evaluating its current risk assessment policies and procedures and implementing procedures to improve monitoring of subrecipients classified as high or medium risk and developing and implementing notification and followup procedures to be executed in cases of subrecipient subaward or contract cancellation.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

23-A-07-081.01

Open

23-A-07-081.02

Open

23-A-07-081.03

Open