Research Ramp-Up-Sponsored Award FAQs

As of June 17, 2020, the flexibilities that were issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on March 19, 2020 (Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations) expired. On June 18, 2020, OMB issued a memorandum (Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations) extending 2 of the flexibilities that were in the original memorandum, including the allowability of charging salaries and benefits to active Federal awards consistent with the recipient’s policy of paying salaries from all funding sources. Based on additional information and a new legal interpretation of the OMB memo, salaries for individuals who are neither productive nor doing work that directly benefits the project are not allowed to be charged to federal awards after June 16, 2020.