Top 10 Things that Can and Do Go Wrong at the Department Level FYAP May 6, 2014 FYAP ver. 05/14 © 2014 Florida State University. All rights reserved
Number One Failure to submit proposal to SRA for review and approval prior to submission to sponsor
Number Two Principal Investigators, Chairs and/or Deans sign and accept award on behalf of FSU
Number Three Failure to obtain Chair and Dean approval for cost sharing/matching commitments or requests for indirect costs waivers prior to submitting to SRA
Number Four Treating FSU faculty in proposal as a consultant
Number Five Expectation of receiving a salary increase simply because proposal included funds to cover an increase
Number Six Performing work and/or delivering the results to a sponsor prior to receiving an award
Number Seven Authorizing personnel without an appointment to work on a project
Number Eight Subcontracting out more than 50% of an award
Number Nine Making inappropriate charges to projects and untimely initiation of cost transfers
Number Ten Documenting or certifying an effort report without “a suitable means of verification” (i.e., first-hand knowledge) of work performance
Number Eleven Failure to satisfy and/or properly document cost sharing commitments
Number Twelve Nepotism – PI employing relatives on a project
Number Thirteen Relying on a program officer’s authorization for prior approvals required by terms of award
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