NSF - 21-1-002 - 3.3

Direct TAMU to strengthen its administrative and management procedures and internal controls for allocating expenses to sponsored projects. Processes could include: a. Implementing additional procedures requiring the Office of Sponsored Research Services to review and approve all non-salary expenses charged to NSF awards within 90 days of the award’s expiration date. b. Requiring Principal Investigators or other designated staff to review and justify the allocation methodologies used to charge one-time salary payments, supplies for administrative personnel, and publications to sponsored projects. c. Requiring Principal Investigators or other designated staff to provide documented justifications when charging publication costs to Federal awards and requiring the Office of Sponsored Research to verify the charges were allocated in a manner consistent with the sponsors identified in the publication’s funding source(s). d. Requiring the Office of Sponsored Research to verify that personnel appropriately allocated administrative costs such as salaries and supplies based on the relative benefits received.