Washington State University
BUSINESS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

RECORDS
90.01
Revised 11-06
Procedures, Records, and Forms
335-2005

All-University Records Retention Schedules:
Sponsored Project Records

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Title
Sponsored Project Records

Record Series Title--Function/Purpose

Location
(*Official Copy)

Cutoff

Retention
Period

Disposition
Authority No.

Remarks

COST SHARING EFFORT INQUIRY REQUEST (WSU 1288)
Provides information concerning employees who are anticipated to contribute effort toward cost-sharing obligations of sponsored projects. Used for data collection and entry into the effort certification system.

Sponsored Programs Services*

data entered and verified

0

WSU--GS 02

 
DELIVERABLES
File copies, including but not limited to reports, studies, surveys, educational materials and promotional materials, regardless of media, that have been developed or produced as part of a grant or grant agreement.

Department*

final termination of grant or agreement

6 yrs

GS 23005

Potentially Archival

EFFORT CERTIFICATION REPORT (WSU 1174)
Record of the employee's activity for the month in compliance with federal regulations.

Controller* (OPR)

Department

FY

FY

6 yrs

2 yrs

WSU--GS 02

WSU--GS 02

 
GRANTS RECEIVED BY THE UNIVERSITY (DEPT. COPY)
Copies of documentation of grant projects and funds received and expended by WSU. May include copies of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), applications, grant award notifications, fiscal reports & supporting documentation, reports & correspondence related to grant monitoring, audit reports, status reports, compliance reports, grant modification requests, progress reports, and final reports. NOTE: The official record copies of certain documents that record grant expenditures are retained in accordance with the stated retention periods for those specific record types, e.g., purchasing card documentation.

Department

end of grant period

4 yrs

WSU--GS 02

 
RESEARCH DATA
Provides a record of compiled research data gathered during the course of a grant or contract. May include data collection and evaluation, instruments, statistics, questionnaires and similar materials.

Principal Investigator*

Department

Project Completion

Project Completion

3 yrs


3 yrs

WSU--GS 02


WSU--GS 02

 
RESEARCH/CONFERENCE ACCOUNT REQUEST (WSU 1283)
Requests a conference or self-sponsored account.

Sponsored Programs Services*

Dean/Department

TOC


TOC

6 yrs


2 yrs

WSU--GS 02


WSU--GS 02

 
SPONSORED PROJECT ACTIVITY REQUEST (WSU 1326)
Requests University approval for actions such as re-budgeting, extending and approving pre-award expenditures regarding sponsored accounts.

Sponsored Programs Services*

Dean/Department

TOC


TOC

6 yrs


2 yrs

WSU--GS 02


WSU--GS 02

 
SPONSORED PROJECT ALLOCATION NOTICE
Informs investigators and departments of object allocations and other accounting information regarding grants and contracts.

Dean/Department*

Receipt of notice

0

WSU--GS 02

 
UNFUNDED PROPOSAL FILE
Provides a record of research proposals sent to sponsors and currently unfunded.

Department*

FY

2 yrs

WSU--GS 02