ARRA Info Exchange

ARRA Information Exchange

School of Engineering and Applied Science – September 22, 2009Longwood Medical Area – August 26, 2009

University Area – August 28, 2009

ARRA Task Force

Signed into law by President Obama February 17, 2009

February 17, 2009

What we’re going to talk about

ARRA and the US Economy ARRA and Sponsored Research ARRA Reporting Requirement ARRA Stimulus Grant Specialist ARRA and YOUR questions!

5 major purposes of ARRA Funding

Preserve and create jobs Assist those most impacted by the recession Provide investments to increase economic

efficiency Invest in infrastructure for long-term

economic benefits Stabilize state and local governments

Where is the money going?

Infrastructure and Science

ARRA includes $21.5 billion in federal research and development funding to:

– Stimulate the economy– Create and preserve jobs– Advance biomedical research

What makes ARRA Different?

Historic event High visibility Unprecedented reporting requirements Legal obligation to meet all ARRA reporting

requirements

It’s all about …

Accountability and Transparency

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Office of Inspector General

NIH $17M through September 30, 2012 NSF $ 2M through September 30, 2013 DOE $15M through September 30, 2012 NASA $ 2M through September 30, 2013 DOD $15M through September 30, 2010

What does this mean for Harvard?

Stimulus Proposals Submitted 05/18/09 – 09/10/09

FAS 129 $129,427,346

HMS 380 $319,464,885

Other University Schools (GSE, HKS, Arboretum)

10 $5,962,344

SEAS 17 $23,343,401

SPH 158 $102,381,080

TOTAL 694 $580,579,056

ARRA Awards as of 09/10/09

Awards: – 110 total awards for $45M+ in obligated dollars

FAS – 37 awards; $ 15.3M HMS – 49 awards; $ 12.2M HSPH – 16 awards; $ 4.5M SEAS – 8 awards; $ 12.9M

Reporting Requirements:Section 1512 of ARRA

Quarterly reporting required for all ARRA awards– Initial reports are due October 10– Reports are cumulative

Reporting is required on a project by project basis

Non-compliance could be treated as a violation of the award agreement

How are we reporting?

Who is participating?

PI Department Stimulus Grant Specialist OSP SPA: HMS, SPH, SEAS, FAS

Stimulus Grant Specialist (SGS)

Roles and Responsibilities– Provide administrative support to the PI and

Department– Collect non-financial data for reporting on prime

and subrecipient information– Reviews financial data for allowability, allocability,

reasonableness and consistency– Primary contact to OSP/SPA

OSP Reporting Specialist

OSP has identified key point of reporting contacts internally to coordinate with the Stimulus Grant Specialist

These OSP Staff are responsible for Quarterly Report submission

Information Flow

Sponsored Stimulus Specialist

Harvard Medical School

John Jay Alves


Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Yulanda Quinlan


Harvard School of Public Health

Connie Galanis

Financial AnalystOffice for Sponsored

ProgramsReporting Specialist

Financial AnalystOffice for Sponsored

ProgramsReporting Specialist


School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Grace Shin

FASGrant Administrators

SEASGrant Administrators

HSPHGrant Administrators

HMSGrant Administrators

Prime and sub reports due to Federal-reporting.gov (submitted by OSP)

Financial transaction cutoff date

Prime and subs review data and correct as needed

Sponsor reviews and accepts final data

Contact subrecipients for progress and job creation update

Quarterly ARRA Reporting Timeline

9/15-9/309/15 10/110/1 – 10/8

10/2110/11-10/20

Completed Data Request Spread-sheet due to OSP

Review Detail Expense Report

Populate Data Request Spreadsheet

Reporting Data Elements

Elements that come from GMAS & the GL:– Award Number– Award Amount– Project Period– CFDA Number– Harvard DUNS Number– Expenditure data


Elements PI/Department is responsible for providing to OSP:– Award description– Project description– Project status– Place of Performance– Vendor Payment information– Jobs created & retained


Award Description– Briefly summarize the scope of the award– Should only have to be crafted once– Will need to be reviewed and submitted quarterly– 4,000 character maximum


NSF Award Description– Use the “Abstract at Time of Award” in available at

Research.gov. – If the abstract shown in Research.gov is longer than– the space allotted, enter as much text as the space will– permit, and end with the statement, “The complete abstract

for this award is available in Research.gov

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/arra/datamodel_90109.pdf


NIH Award Description– Enter project abstract as provided by the HHS Readiness Tool/NIH

RePORTER tool, public health relevance statement, or other text that may be more informative to the public.

– For summer research experience supplements, provide a sentence such as, “This grant provided a summer research experience(s) for ___________________ (insert "X" number of high school student(s), college student(s), science educator(s), etc.) in health-related scientific research.”

– For administrative supplements, do not use the abstract from the parent grant, rather create a description of the purpose of the supplement.

http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/Data_Dictionary.xls


Quarterly Activities/Project Description– Briefly summarize the overall purpose of the

project, including subawards. Note any major deliverables, outcomes or results.

This might change or be added to every reporting cycle

– 2,000 character maximum


NSF Quarterly Activities Project Description– Enter “See Award Description” in this field.– As the project progresses, recipients may want to– supplement this statement with items such as:

• Personnel in place;

• Research underway, and/or

• Equipment purchased and/or installed

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/arra/datamodel_90109.pdf


NIH Quarterly Activities Project Description– If there are no significant changes from the Award

Description field, then it is acceptable to say, "As defined in the Award Description field." Otherwise include only any significant changes. Note: This is NOT to be considered a quarterly scientific progress report.

http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/Data_Dictionary.xls


Project Status:– Estimate the completion of the entire (multiyear)

project, including subawards– 4 Fixed Options

Not Started < 50% Completed > 50% Completed Fully Completed


Place of Performance:– Physical location of primary place of performace– Information needed in this section:

State Zip County Congressional District


Vendor Payments: Less than $25K– Must report the cumulative number of these transactions

and the amount– This information is captured from the General Ledger and

should exclude: Salary and Fringe Internal Billing Subaward Transactions

– Documentation supporting how and which transactions were selected should be kept for audit purposes


Vendor Payments: Greater or equal to $25K– Must report detailed information of each $25K or greater

vendor payment, including: Vendor DUNS Number Vendor Name Vendor HQ Zip Product Service Description Payment Date Payment Amount

– Documentation supporting how and which transactions were selected should be kept for audit purposes


Harvard is counting all FTEs charged to ARRA awards as either created or retained, except tenured faculty.

Job Creation: A job created is a new position created and filled as a result of ARRA funding. This would include an assignment into an unfilled position.

Job Retention: A job retained is an existing position that remains active as a result of ARRA funding.

The prime recipient is responsible for collecting subrecipient job information even if reporting has been delegated


Jobs: Narrative Should include a brief description of the types of jobs created or retained Is cumulative Best to report the job’s benefit to the award as opposed to the job category on

the general ledger Should include information about any other FTEs directly charged to the award.

While jobs created and retained are important it is also important to highlight resources working to and not directly charged to the award, e.g. faculty

Components to include in narrative:– Job Title– Major Activities and Tasks– Relation to the project

Reporting and Subrecipients: Harvard receives a subaward

When Harvard receives an ARRA subaward, we must refer first to the subaward terms and conditions to see if the Prime sponsor has delegated reporting or not

If the prime has delegated reporting, then the Stimulus Grant Specialist is responsible for gathering the data and OSP is responsible for submitting via FederalReporting.gov

If the prime has not delegated reporting, then Stimulus Grant Specialist is responsible for gathering the data and OSP is responsible for submitting to the prime

Reporting and Subrecipients: Harvard issued a subaward

When Harvard issues a subaward we must report on the subrecipients jobs created and retained.

If Harvard delegated reporting responsibility, then the Subrecipient will register with FederalReporting.gov and report directly

If Harvard did not delegate reporting responsibility, then the Subrecipient submit reporting information directly to Harvard to submit to FederalReporting.gov

Subrecipient Data Elements

Prime Recipient DUNS Number Subrecipinet DUNS Number Subaward Number Subaward Amount Subaward Date Total Subaward Funds Disbursed Subaward Place of Performance Recipient Reporting Applicability Jobs Progress status Vendor Information

ARRA Frequently Asked Questions

Can we carryforward on ARRA funds? Can the PI transfer ARRA awards? How are these awards being set up in GMAS? Can you request a no-cost extension on ARRA

awards? Can we rebudget ARRA funds? Can the supplement and parent awards be managed

together?

ARRA Reporting Recap

How can I prepare for the October ARRA Reporting deadline? Who is going to submit the Quarterly Report due on my ARRA award? What information needs to be submitted on ARRA awards quarterly? Where does that information come from? What is required for subrecipient reporting? What is reporting delegation? What is my role in ARRA reporting? The PI's? OSP's? What is the Stimulus Grants Specialist? And what role do they have in reporting? How am I supposed to calculate a job created or retained? Why do we need to report Quarterly anyway? Why are we gathering

this information monthly?

Additional Questions?

Resources

Recovery. Gov http://www.recovery.gov/

OSP Recovery Act Information http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/osp/recovery.php

ARRA NIH Terms and Conditions http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/grantscontracts/recoverytermsconditions.html

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