1. Prior Approval? Is That A Fact? Attention! Uniformed Guidance Audit Anyone? $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 What’s New?

2. A plan to address deficiencies identified during an audit Answer Return to Main Board

3. What is a corrective action plan Return to Main Board

4. Answer $750,000 Return to Main Board

5. What is the amount of Federal award $$ expended in a fiscal year that triggers the need for recipients to conduct a single or program specific audit? Return to Main Board

6. Answer Questionable costs greater than $25,000 Return to Main Board

7. What is the dollar threshold when auditors must report audit findings in a schedule of findings and questioned costs Return to Main Board

8. Answer 3 years from the date the annual FFR is submitted Return to Main Board

9. What is the timeframe for record retention and access Return to Main Board

10. Answer $500 per year Return to Main Board

11. What is the amount of interest per year that may be retained by the non- Federal entity for administrative expenses Return to Main Board

12. Answer The OMB Circulars Return to Main Board

13. What are the documents replaced by the Uniformed Guidance

14. Answer December 26, 2014 Return to Main Board

15. What is the effective date of the Uniformed Grants Guidance

16. Answer An article of tangible non- expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. Return to Main Board

17. What is the definition of equipment. However, consistent with recipient grantee policy, lower limits can be established.

18. Answer Supercircular Return to Main Board

19. What is another name for the Uniformed Grants Guidance

20. Answer T/F: The grantee/recipient retains program income after the grant has ended? Return to Main Board

21. What is true

22. Answer 120 days after the grant has ended Return to Main Board

23. What is the deadline for closeout documents

24. Answer This is how NIH now requires ALL annual progress reports to be submitted. Return to Main Board

25. What is through the eRA Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)

26. Answer FFATA Return to Main Board

27. What is the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act? This requires all grantees to report every subaward (consortium) of $25K+ through the FFATA subaward reporting system - Federal Subaward Reporting System (FSRS).

28. Answer Mandatory system (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)) used to validate grantee information Return to Main Board

29. What is the purpose of the System for Award Management (SAM) Return to Main Board

30. Answer Supplies Return to Main Board

31. What is another name for equipment that costs less than $5000 Return to Main Board

32. Answer T/F: Key Personnel named on a Notice of Award can reduce level of effort during a no cost extension without prior approval Return to Main Board

33. What is True. With the exception of grant programs that have an effort requirement, or where terms and conditions prohibit such reductions, NIH will not require prior approval for the reduction in effort for Senior/Key personnel. The recipient is reminded that active awards must have a measureable level of effort. Return to Main Board

34. Answer The PI of a multi-PI grant goes from 7.0 calendar months to 1.2 calendar months effort Return to Main Board

35. What is significant change in level of effort. Prior approval is required when key Personnel REDUCE their level of effort by a ratio change of 25%. Return to Main Board

36. Answer T/F: Changing a multi-PI grant to a single-PI grant does not require NIH Prior Approval. Return to Main Board

37. What is False – Prior approval request should include an impact statement on the scope of work and budget. Return to Main Board

38. Answer Pre-award costs Return to Main Board

39. What are costs incurred by the recipient prior to the start date. If greater than 90 days, prior approval required. Return to Main Board

40. Answer T/F: An NIH-funded PI on sabbatical must request NIH Prior Approval. Return to Main Board

41. It depends. If PI will be away from the grant > 3 months while on sabbatical, prior approval needed. But, if PI not away for 3 continuous months and works on grant during sabbatical w/o sign. LOE reduction, prior approval not required. Return to Main Board

42. Answer The Federal system that captures the past performance and integrity and business ethics information related to recipients of Federal contracts, grants and cooperative agreements Return to Main Board

43. What is Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) Return to Main Board

44. Answer The name of the new applications and forms that must be used for due dates on and after May 25, 2016. Return to Main Board

45. What is Forms D? Return to Main Board

46. Answer Budget categories that increased by $1000 for post-doctoral recipients on NRSA awards. Return to Main Board

47. What are Training related expenses (TRE) and Institutional Allowances (IA). Return to Main Board

48. Answer $185,100 Return to Main Board

49. Legislative mandated Salary Cap for Fiscal Year 2016 Return to Main Board

50. Answer December 18, 2015 Return to Main Board

51. What is the date that President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113). Return to Main Board