Dear Grant and Business Managers, I am forwarding a 5-minute video from the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), which does a nice job summarizing fundamental regulations that govern federal awards. Links to regulations mentioned in the video are provided below for your convenience. Federal Grant & Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (31 USC Chapter 63)<https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title31/subtitle5/chapter63&edition=prelim> – law that serves as in instruction for when the government should use procurement contracts, grant agreements or cooperative agreements Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR)<https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2003-title48-vol1/pdf/CFR-2003-title48-vol1-chap1.pdf> – government rules for acquisition of goods and services Cost Accounting Standards that apply to institutions of higher education 2 CFR 200.419<https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=a8826f970f221c107c2af7852fd44b7f&mc=true&node=se2.1.200_1419&rgn=div8> 48 CFR Part 9905<https://ecfr.io/Title-48/pt48.7.9905> FAR 52.230-5<https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2011-title48-vol2/pdf/CFR-2011-title48-vol2-sec52-230-5.pdf> NCURA publishes weekly short videos on various pre-award, post-award and compliance topics, which can be viewed any time by visiting https://www.youtube.com/user/NCURA1959 It is an excellent free resource available to all research administrators. Have a great day. Sonya Stern, MBA | Director | Signing Official University of Vermont Sponsored Project Administration 217 Waterman | 85 South Prospect Street Burlington, VT 05405-0160 P: 802-656-1986 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | www.uvm.edu/spa/<http://www.uvm.edu/spa/> Treasurer-Elect, National Council of University Research Administrators Region 1 From: NCURA <[log in to unmask]> NCURA YouTube Tuesday-Three Fundamental Regulations That Govern Our Federal Awards Check Out NCURA's Rules and Regulations: Where Does It Say We Have To Do That?* Available Now for Immediate Download [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/PM_B2CP_BodyCornerTL.png] [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/PM_B2CP_BodyCornerTR.png] 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