Commencement of Project/Grant

Once the acceptance of the grant has been finalised and an account established the grant/funding commences in accordance with the executed agreement/contract. The next step is management and monitoring which are detailed in the Post Award section of this website.

The following is a summary of the main steps of the project/grant management procedures that College/Local areas need to consider in relation to internal processes and managing their research:

Management of the grant
The grant is managed by College/Local Area.
Academic milestone reports are prepared by researcher and collected by College/Local Area.
Reports are forwarded to Agency by RO (which will seek ANU endorsement when required) or by College/Local Area (with copy to RO for attachment to master file).
Financial reports prepared by SPF who liaises with College/Local Area.

Variations of grant conditions
Requests of variations submitted to Funding Agency as per same ANU procedures and delegations than for the acceptance stage: see the Post Award section of this website for detailed information.