Reconcile the Award Budget
- Joseph Nyachae
Reconcile the Award Budget Video (opens in a new tab)
When the amounts awarded by a sponsor differ from the amounts proposed in the funding proposal, as the assigned specialist, you must adjust the award budget accordingly. If an allocation you are reconciling includes cost share, you can account for that at the same time. You can reconcile the budget when you are first setting up the award in the system or afterward. This topic shows the procedure for an award, but it is the same for financial types of award modifications.
To reconcile the award budget
Open the desired award from the Dashboard or the Grants Awards page.
From the award workspace, click Edit Award.
On the Award / Authorized Budget Reconciliation page, select the allocation to reconcile.
A list of budget categories appears.
Only authorized and advance account allocations are available to select.
To populate the Baseline column with amounts from the proposal’s budget, click Import ($).
On the Import Budget form, select the budget periods from which to import amounts, and click OK.
Adjust the imported values in the Adjustments column with positive or negative values until the Difference amount in the page header reaches zero or a positive amount acceptable to WVU.
If the selected allocation includes cost-sharing, a column for adjusting cost share amounts appears in the budget table, as well.
The system calculates indirect cost by including categories flagged with the dagger symbol in the indirect cost base, then multiplying the base by the indirect rate specified in allocation setup. The indirect cost base specified in allocation setup determines which budget categories show the dagger symbol.
7. When you've reconciled the budget, click Continue.