Award Administration

Awardees will be required to submit a web-format final report 30 days after completion of their project. The report should contain a brief summary of (1) activities performed and (2) a final budget statement describing how all funds were used. Failure to submit the required report will make awardees ineligible to receive future funding from the Office of Research and Health Sciences. The final report should be e-mailed to vpresearch@gwm.sc.edu. Note: In the case of Category I funding, a grant application to an extramural funding agency must be submitted by 30 days after the project end date.

• Expenditures – Established university procedures must be followed in expending funds. Special attention should be paid to policies and procedures relating to Purchasing, Travel, and Personnel. Salaries for faculty on the Columbia campus may not be charged. Any cost overruns that occur will be charged to your departmental or another account.
   
• Extensions: Faculty may request in writing a one-time, six-month, no-cost extension. At the end of the extension, faculty will no longer have access to any remaining funds.
   
• Compliance Issues - If the project includes the use of humans as research subjects, the faculty member is responsible for ensuring that the use of these subjects is approved or exempted by the IRB. Likewise, if vertebrate animals are used in the project, the faculty member must have a valid IACUC approval number. The faculty member is also responsible for compliance with USC, state and federal requirements relating to the use of radioisotopes and biohazardous materials.
   
• Publications - Any publications produced as a result of this award must contain an acknowledgment of USC’s support such as: “This work is partially supported by a grant from the University of South Carolina, Office of Research and Health Sciences Research Funding Program.”