Project Management
Helpful Documents
Award Start Up | Award Expenses | Award Closeout | Equipment | Travel | Hiring Staff | Financial Management | Cost Share | Subrecipient Management
Award Start Up
- Best Practices for Developing Interdisciplinary Research Teams [PDF]
- Hiring Employees Using Sponsored Funds at Iowa State University [PDF]
- Using Sponsored Funds to Purchase Equipment [PDF]
- Cost Share Planning Worksheet [XLS]
Used by Sponsored Programs Accounting to verify cost share on new awards.
The link to this document is on the right side of the Iowa State controller’s homepage.
This form can be used to outline all the essential information for a new award.
Award Expenses
Guidance from Iowa State’s Sponsored Program’s Accounting office.
A guide to the handling of costs that cannot be charged to a sponsored project due to sponsor and/or ISU policies, regulations, and restrictions.
- Using Sponsored Funds to Purchase Equipment [PDF]
- Best Practices for Fabricating Equipment Using Sponsored Funds [PDF]
- Planning Conferences Using Federal Funds [PDF]
- Overview of ISU Travel Allowances [PDF]
This is a quick overview of travel allowances at Iowa State.
This fillable Adobe template can be used by non-ISU employees to submit reimbursement requests.
Award Closeout
This checklist is to help guide grant coordinators and faculty through the closeout process.
Equipment
- Using Sponsored Funds to Purchase Equipment [PDF]
- Best Practices for Fabricating Equipment Using Sponsored Funds [PDF]
Travel
This is a quick overview of travel allowances at Iowa State.
This fillable Adobe template can be used by non-ISU employees to submit reimbursement requests.
Hiring Staff
Financial Management
This excel template can be used to help grant coordinators and/or PIs track monthly expenses on their accounts.
This is a quick overview of travel allowances at Iowa State.
This fillable Adobe template can be used by non-ISU employees to submit reimbursement requests.
Cost Share
Used by Sponsored Programs Accounting to verify cost share on new awards.
This template can be used to track cost share as it is spent and documented.
Subrecipient Monitoring
This excel file has two templates that can be used to track budget vs. expenses of a subrecipient.
This was developed by Sponsored Programs Accounting to help investigators understand their responsibilities.
This is a checklist investigators can use when approving invoices.
This excel template can be used to track the expenditures of multiple subrecipients on an award.