<h1 style="font-weight:normal"><font>All: <br></font></h1><h1 style="font-weight:normal"><font>Over the past couple of months, the subject of how to "Interim Fund"</font><font> a pending award has come up on a number of occasions.</font></h1>
<p><font>For your benefit, here is the UH Policy on this subject.</font></p><h1>Interim Funding of New and Continuing Sponsored Projects</h1><div>The
University provides Principal Investigators with the opportunity to
receive temporary funding for sponsored projects that have not yet been
awarded. The purpose of this program is to enable new time-sensitive
projects to begin and existing projects to continue by extending the
expiration date while award documents are being processed by the
sponsor. The Office of Contracts and Grants is committed to supporting
faculty research and has established the interim funding process to
ensure that faculty members have access to the resources necessary to
perform research on sponsored projects in a timely manner.</div>
<p><strong><a name="1392bc6e8b16b3db_Q1"></a>What is interim funding?<br>
</strong>Interim funding is temporary funding provided by the university
to mitigate delays in the receipt of sponsor funds. An interim-funded
award provides the Principal Investigator (PI) with short-term funding
in the same cost center that will be used when the official award is
received.</p>
<div><strong><a name="1392bc6e8b16b3db_Q2"></a>How do I request interim funding? </strong></div>
<div>Please submit a written request for interim funding to the Office of Contracts and Grants. To do this, use the <a href="http://www.research.uh.edu/Forms/Post-Awards/Interim-Funding-Request.docx" target="_blank">Interim Funding Request Form</a>
or supply a memo providing the same information requested on the form.
The request must include supporting documents from the sponsor showing
that the grant will be awarded, as well as the detailed budget for the
project. The Department or College must guarantee that any charges
posted to the interim-funded cost center will be reallocated to a
non-sponsored project research cost center in the event that the award
does not materialize. Additionally, if an award is received and there
are charges on the interim funded cost center that pre-date the actual
start date, these costs must also be reallocated unless they are covered
by pre-award costs.</div>
<p><strong><a name="1392bc6e8b16b3db_Q3"></a>Are there exceptions to interim funding?<br>
</strong>Projects that involve human subjects may not be interim funded
until approval has been issued by the Committee for the Protection of
Human Subjects. </p>
<div><strong><a name="1392bc6e8b16b3db_Q4"></a>How do I use an interim-funded cost center?</strong></div>
Once the request is approved, the Office of Contracts and Grants
will set up the appropriate cost center and issue a notice of the
interim funding. The notice will specify the cost center values so that
expenditures to support the research being performed may be charged.
Indirect cost will be neither budgeted nor charged. The sponsor will
not be billed for charges incurred until we have received an official
award and the notice of award has been done. Once the award agreement is
finalized, the interim funding is reversed and the award budget is
established in the same cost center, ensuring a smooth transition in
cost accounting as the research project move<div class="yj6qo ajU"><div id=":56" class="ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="ajT" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span class="HOEnZb adL"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br>
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