TEES Blog – Research Services

New Reporting Requirements for 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Awards Funding available through the ARRA is a great opportunity. TEES Research Services is ready to assist you in this effort, as well as keep you up to date on the latest requirements. Please be advised that a higher level of reporting is now required on current and future projects funded by ARRA. The following is a list of some of the mandatory information required for all prime and sub recipients:

• Project description and status
• Number of jobs retained or created as a result of this funding
• Names and salaries of the top 5 officers of each prime and sub recipient entity
• Vendor name and a description of items for all purchases $25,000 or more

For questions, assistance and additional information, please contact your proposal administrator or email Kay Ison in the TEES Data Analysis Office at k-ison@tamu.edu.

It has always been the responsibility of TEES to ensure that a Principal Investigator has as much knowledge about a research project from the inception to the termination of the research award. When we look at deliverables it is all about timing. In the contract agreement there should be specified deliverables. Those deliverables have due dates. The TEES Research Portal is designed to send automated email reminders when a deliverable is coming due. Those reminders are designed to be of help to the Principal Investigator and Co-PI (if applicable). These automated reminders are sent out 30 days before a deliverable is due, 14 days before a deliverable is due and 30 and 60 days after a deliverable were due. A follow-up courtesy call or email is made to the PI requesting a status update on the possible reasoning for the report being overdue. (more…)