Interpreting the Notice of Award (NOA)OPAFS FORUM

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016

Basics of NOANotice of Awards sent to indicate funding for a defined scope with deliverables and financial reporting.

Defines what the dollar amounts, project period, and any special terms and conditions

On the department side, a great indicator that something must be done to ensure the project can be completed successfully!

Notice of Awards•National Institutes of Health (NIH)

•Department of Defense (DOD)• USA Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)

• Office of Naval Research (ONR)

•National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH NOA

Date of NOA

Award info

Project/Budget period

Award amount

NIH NOA Section 1

Offsets would be here

P Subaccount

Future funding, not set in stone

NOA Unobligated Balance

NIH NOA Section III

NIH GPS

RPPR

HHS Awards Uniform Admin Requirements+ Cost Principles

NIH NOA Section III Continued

NIH NOA Section III ContinuedFDP (Federal Demonstration Partnership): Streamlines administrative process and allows for 90 day preaward spending, one year no cost extensions, and automatic carryforward from one budget period to the next (unless otherwise noted in the NOA)

SNAP (Streamlined Non-Competing Award Process): Also needed to grant automatic carryforward, also modifies annual reporting requirements such as progress reports and financial reports.

NIH NOA Section IV

NIH NOA Section V

Department of Defense (DoD)

DOD- USA Med Research (USAMRAA)

DOD- USAMRAA general info/contacts

Accounting Classification Reference Number(ACRN)

DOD- USAMRAA Prior Approval

DOD- USAMRAA Financial Reporting

DOD- USAMRAA Payments

DOD - USAMRAA Closeout

DOD - USAMRAA overall budget

DOD- Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ONR Grant with 1 year project period

DOD – ONR PI and Contacts

DOD- ONR Terms and Conditions

DOD – ONR Financial Accounting Data Sheet

Total Obligated Amount

DOD – ONR Contract Contract - 5th to the last character is alpha

DOD - ONR Contract

DOD ONR Contract - CLINS

DOD- ONR Contract Deliveries or Performance

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF NoA

NSF NoA Summary Proposal Budget

DC: $374,207-$145,494 (tuition remission)

NSF NoA with Participant Support Costs

Participant support

NSF NoA Summary Proposal Budget

Participant support costs requires a subfund and is

excluded from IDC

Helpful linksSTaRT Anatomy of a Notice of Award

STaRT Reading the NOA

STaRT on Award Financial Management