Latest Grants and Contracts Accounting News

Accounting Month Closed for December 2021-You may now review your Management Reports in EOR

Posted January 12, 2022 in Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , , .

The most recent accounting month is now closed. Your Management Reports are complete and ready for your review. For most departments/units, review and approval should follow the steps outlined in this memo. Some departments/units have alternate procedures in place to accomplish review … Continue reading →

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Enhancements to Scholarship/Fellowship/Traineeship Payment Request Processing

Posted October 8, 2018 in Accounts Payable, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , , , , .

In an effort to simplify the Scholarship/Fellowship/Traineeship process, the Scholarship/Fellowship and Traineeship forms have been combined into a single comprehensive form. This new form can be used for all ePR business purposes under the Scholarship/Fellowship/Traineeship payment type. Additional Form Enhancements: … Continue reading →

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New Manager of Grants & Contracts Accounting , Effective October 15, 2017

Posted September 28, 2017 in Grants and Contracts Accounting.

Financial & Business Services is pleased to announce that Robert Allen has assumed an additional interim role, including the responsibilities as Manager of Grants and Contracts Accounting. Rob will continue to report directly to Ken Erickson, Director of Research Management … Continue reading →

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Change in Leadership

Posted September 28, 2017 in Grants and Contracts Accounting.

Dawn Atterbury, Associate Director for Grants & Contracts Accounting, is leaving the University of Utah Financial & Business Services announces that Dawn Atterbury has resigned her position, effective October 14, 2017, in the Research Management & Compliance group.  Dawn has … Continue reading →

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Have you completed your EOR?

Posted November 15, 2016 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

Beginning with the June 2016 Management Reports, FS implemented procedures to comply with a new Management Report Review Guideline which states that each PI/Account Executive (or their appropriate review delegate) MUST use Evidence of Review (EOR) tools to indicate their review is complete, … Continue reading →

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New Guideline: Management Report Review

Posted June 27, 2016 in Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis.

A new Guideline has been published to offer clarification to Policy 3-003: Authorizations and  Approvals Required for Financial Transactions.  This Guideline is meant to improve internal controls across campus as it outlines: Account Executives (AEs) and PIs remain primarily responsible for … Continue reading →

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“Evidence of Review” Tools have been Improved

Posted June 10, 2016 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

The Evidence of Review (EOR) application was implemented to give Account Executives and Principal Investigators a method to demonstrate required “evidence” that they had reviewed their monthly financial reports. EOR has been redesigned so that the REQUIRED REVIEW options are at … Continue reading →

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F & A Rates at the University of Utah – Important Information for Faculty, Researchers, and Administrators.

Posted March 21, 2016 in Cost Accounting and Analysis, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

New negotiated overhead (“F & A”) rates have been finalized with the federal government (for future fiscal years). These new rates will apply to NEW or new-continuation contracts / grants submitted for funding on or after July 1, 2016. You … Continue reading →

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Enhanced Financial Web Reports – We’ve gone RED

Posted March 3, 2016 in Accounts Payable, Controller, Cost Accounting and Analysis, Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Income Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis, Payment Card Acceptance/E-Commerce, Procurement and Supply Management, Travel, UShop and tagged , , , , , .

We have upgraded our CIS-based Financial Web Reports, and are excited to announce that they have a fresh, new, RED look! Our users will notice enhancements to the functionality, including: Management Reports/Journal Detail now consolidates UShop spend by Voucher number. … Continue reading →

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**UPDATE-RESOLVED** Payroll Benefit Encumbrances at Zero in Management Reports

Posted March 6, 2015 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Payroll.

**UPDATE-RESOLVED** This issue has been resolved. The correct benefit rates and amounts are updated in the detail reports now, and will be reflected in the summary reports beginning tomorrow, March 7, 2015. Thank you for your patience! On March 3, … Continue reading →

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