{"id":22154,"date":"2021-05-03T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T20:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=22154"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:02:24","slug":"bppm-40-04","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-40-04\/","title":{"rendered":"40.04 Establishing and Terminating Sponsored Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">University Policies and Procedures Manual&nbsp;(previously Business Policies and Procedures Manual)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Establishing and Terminating Sponsored Accounts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong>UPPM 40.04<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;Sponsored Programs Services<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;509-335-2058<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"toc_container\">\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#One_0\">1.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Establishing the Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Two_0\">2.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Guaranteed Expenditures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Three_0\">3.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Allocation Notices<\/a><\/li>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Three_1\">3.1&nbsp; &nbsp;Spending<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Four_0\">4.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Account Closeout<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Five_0\">5.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Account Termination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"One_0\">1.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Establishing the Award<\/h3>\n<p>Sponsored Programs Services SPS) establishes an award in Workday after the following actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The University receives a bilaterally signed agreement from the sponsor.<\/li>\n<li>The grant or contract documentation is processed by the Office of Research (OR); OR delivers the processed documentation to SPS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University, department, and investigator use the award and associated award lines to track open invoices, expenditures, and revenues related to the sponsored project.<\/p>\n<p>In Workday, sponsored projects are established as awards in function FN017 (Sponsored Research &amp; Programs). See <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-30-05\/\">UPPM 30.05<\/a> for an explanation of &#8220;function.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Two_0\">2.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Guaranteed Expenditures<\/h3>\n<p>Use a Create Request for Sponsored Project Account business process in Workday if it is necessary to initiate purchases or incur other expenses prior to receipt of the signed agreement. (See the <a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.esg.wsu.edu\/display\/WKB\/Workday+Materials\">Workday Create Request for Sponsored Project Account reference guide<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Three_0\">3.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Allocation Notices<\/h3>\n<p>When SPS completes the award setup process in Workday, system notifications are automatically sent to users assigned the Grant PI (principal investigator) and Grant Manager security roles.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-85-33\/\">UPPM 85.33<\/a> and the applicable <a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.esg.wsu.edu\/display\/WKB\/Workday+Materials\">Workday Security reference guides<\/a> for instructions on requesting and approving role-based security requests for access to Workday modules and functions.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"Three_1\">3.1&nbsp; &nbsp;Spending<\/h4>\n<p>The department and principal investigator may begin allowable spending on the award after the indicated project effective date (or earlier if approved as described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/app\/details\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1-part200\">2 CFR 200<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/orso.wsu.edu\/wsu-policies-guidelines\/\">OR Guideline #7<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Four_0\">4.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Account Closeout<\/h3>\n<p>SPS is required to close awards within 120 days of the end of the period of performance (the closeout period), in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/app\/details\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1-part200\">2 CFR 200<\/a>. The PI or Grant Manager must provide approval to final-invoice and close an award within 90 days of the end of the period of performance, in order to provide SPS with enough time to reconcile the award and prepare final documents.<\/p>\n<p>If the award is in overdraft status at the end of the period of performance, the PI or Grant Manager must identify a non-sponsored cost center to transition the&nbsp; overdraft to within 90 days of the end of the period of performance, otherwise SPS may transfer the overdraft to the relevant department or area&#8217;s finance and operations (F&amp;O) returns cost center. Overdrafts do not preclude SPS from timely final-invoicing\/reporting and closing of an award.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Five_0\">5.0&nbsp; &nbsp;Account Termination<\/h3>\n<p>At certain timeframes prior to the termination date of the award, OR and\/or SPS notify the PI and Grant Manager of items requiring their review and\/or attention prior to the termination date. These reminders may include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personnel action changes,<\/li>\n<li>Agency approvals,<\/li>\n<li>Cost shares, and<\/li>\n<li>Effort certifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the event such reminders and notifications are not made, it remains the PI&#8217;s and Grant Manager&#8217;s responsibility to ensure awards are managed appropriately through termination and closeout. See the applicable <a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.esg.wsu.edu\/display\/WKB\/Workday+Materials\">Workday reference guides<\/a> (Grants; Effort Certification; Recruiting) for instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Except as authorized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/app\/details\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1\/CFR-2014-title2-vol1-part200\">2 CFR 200<\/a> and\/or with written agency approval, the department and PI are not to spend or obligate award monies after the project&#8217;s termination date. See <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-40-03\/\">UPPM 40.03<\/a> for expenditure deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>SPS closes the account after:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All outstanding encumbrances and obligations are paid.<\/li>\n<li>All overdrafts are cleared.<\/li>\n<li>Cost sharing obligations are met.<\/li>\n<li>Reports are sent and approved.<\/li>\n<li>Funds are received from the sponsor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: .8rem\">_______________________<br><strong>Revisions:<\/strong>&nbsp; May 2021 (Rev. <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/bppm-manual-revisions\/bppm-revision-566\/\">566<\/a>); Jan. 2002 (Rev. 200); June 1991 (Rev. 86); July 1987 &#8211; new policy (Rev. 67).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Policies and Procedures Manual&nbsp;(previously Business Policies and Procedures Manual) Establishing and Terminating Sponsored Accounts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":50633,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22154"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69767,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22154\/revisions\/69767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=22154"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=22154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}