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Sponsored Award Definitions

The Grants Module Sponsored Expenditure file contains the following fields:

Project – Project Number

Task Org – Organization assigned to the Task.

Award Org – Organization assigned to the Award.

Expenditure Org – Organization assigned to the expenditure.

Departmental Activity – The Expenditure Organization converted to a Department Activity (DA) number.

College – The College assigned to the DA number.

College Roll-up – A higher level of College to further summarize the results by College.

Expenditure Type – Expenditure Type (line item) of each transaction.

MTDC CP – The cost category assigned to each expenditure type.  The cost categories are as follows:

  • Y - The expenditure type is a part of the modified total direct cost base and it is subject to Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rate charges.
  • N – The expenditure type is not part of the modified total direct cost base and it is excluded from F&A rate charges.
  • F&A – The expenditure type for F&A rate charges.
  • Sub Cont – The expenditure type used for subcontract expenses.  The first $25,000 of each subcontract is subject to F&A rate charges and anything above that is excluded.
  • CP – Denotes expenditure types on a sponsored award that is classified as a capital project.  Most expenditures on a capital project are exempt from F&A rate charges.

Award – Award Number

Award Manager – Award Manager of the award in MAP.

Principal Investigator – Principal Investigator of the award in MAP.

Award Type – Award Type category to classify the type of sponsor.

Award Type Roll-up – A higher level of award type to further summarize the results by agency type. 

Fed/FFT – Field used to break out awards as federal (Fed), federal flow through (FFT), and those not federal (N).

ARRA – Field used to break out awards that are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and those that are not ARRA.

Task – Task number

Task Manager – Task Manager of the award in MAP.

Category – Expenditure Category of the Expenditure Type field.

Sponsoring Agency – Sponsor of the Award.

Project Title – Project Title in MAP.

Agency Number – Contract/Grant number assigned by the sponsoring agency.

Service Type – Service Type (function) assigned to the expenditure.

Allowability Schedule – Allowability schedule assigned in MAP (On-Campus, Off-Campus, Drug Study, etc.)

Fund – Fund assigned to the award in MAP.

Indirect Cost Rate – F&A rate for the award.

Rate Category – Field used to break out F&A rates in different categories for reporting/data analysis purposes.

Award Start Date – Start Date of the Award in MAP.

Award End Date – End Date of the Award in MAP.

Expend to Date Sum – Fiscal Year-To-Date expenses as of the date assigned to the file.