Notice of Award, NoA, budget, categorical budget, total direct costs, F&A costs

5.4 Budget

Each NoA Notice of Award: The official, legally binding document, signed (or the electronic equivalent of signature) by a Grants Management Officer that: (1) notifies the recipient of the award of a grant; (2) contains or references all the terms and conditions of the grant and Federal funding limits and obligations; and, (3) provides the documentary basis for recording the obligation of Federal funds in the NIH accounting system. sets forth the amount of funds awarded. The amount may be shown either as a categorical (line item) budget or as an amount for total direct costs Costs that can be identified specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy. (not broken down by category) and an amount for F&A costs Necessary costs incurred by a recipient for a common or joint purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without effort disproportionate to the results achieved. To facilitate equitable distribution of indirect expenses to the cost objectives served, it may be necessary to establish a number of pools of F&A (indirect) costs. F&A (indirect) cost pools must be distributed to benefitted cost objectives on bases that will produce an equitable result in consideration of relative benefits derived., if applicable. Modular awards represent a type of award made without a categorical budget (see Modular Applications and Awards chapter in IIB). The recipient has certain rebudgeting flexibility within the overall amount awarded (see Administrative Requirements-Changes in Project and Budget). The recipient may be required to provide matching funds under construction awards as specified in Construction Grants-Matching in IIB as well as under other NIH programs or awards if specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.