Funding Agencies
General Principles
- Grant funds must contribute towards the direct costs of the research for which the funds were awarded.
- The funds must be used effectively and economically, and the expenses must be essential for the research for which the funds were awarded.
- Additional eligible and non-eligible expenses specific to a program are detailed in the agency's program literature.
- In the absence of a written agency policy, the university institutional policy (e.g. per diem rates for travel) is to be applied. In the presence of both an agency and an institutional policy, the agencies require compliance with the involved agency policy, recognizing that grantees may also have to comply with institutional policies.
- The institution has the right and responsibility to withhold approval of expenses proposed by a grantee that contravene agency requirements or institutional policies.