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March 29, 2011

Adjustment to Research Accounting website:

Re-Budgeting Procedure for Federal Grants

In an effort to improve the re-budgeting requirements for Federal grants, the Controller’s Office and Office of Grant and Contract Administration (OGCA) have developed a more efficient system to process requests related to re-budgeting.  This process significantly cuts down on the time and paperwork involved in re-budgeting on eligible federal grants.  

The major change is that an Organizational Prior Approval System (OPAS) form is no longer required for those actions that the University can process without sponsor approval for re-budgeting.  Requests and justifications may now be initiated directly with the Controller’s Office via e-mail.  

OGCA continues to have responsibility for approving pre-award costs and “no-cost extensions” of time as well as all actions that require sponsor approval.  OGCA has developed a revised form for pre-award and pre-establishment of accounts by combining the two old forms.  The new form is available on OGCA’s website (www.umass.edu/research/ogca).  Staff members’ e-mail addresses and sponsor assignments are available on the website.  

For more information contact Sam Killings, Assistant Controller for Research Accounting, or Priscilla Caouette, Research Accounting Manager at 5-0806.

The e-mail addresses for Research Accountants are:

Lloyd Thomas: lthomas@admin.umass.edu

Elizabeth Ortiz: lortiz@admin.umass.edu

Maxine Greenblatt: mgreenblatt@admin.umass.edu

Martin Konowitch: mkonowit@admin.umass.edu

Sara Cooper: sbcooper@admin.umass.edu

David Gazzillo: gazzillo@admin.umass.edu

Contact your Research Accountant for re-budgeting requirements for non-federal awards.

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Room 405 Goodell Building
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tel:  (413) 545-0806
Fax: (413) 545-4233

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