Reporting Your Time and Effort on Sponsored Projects

Effort is considered to be the amount of time any individual spends on a specific University activity. This includes time spent working directly on a sponsored project in which salary is charged directly (as cash payments to the salary line) or contributed (as in a cost share or matching funds situation).
Effort is reported as a percentage of the total time spent on work-related activities for the University.
It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator (PI) or Project Director (PD) to certify that the time and effort reports are accurate and not over-inflated.
When the individuals working on a grant and the PI/PD sign the time and effort report, they are certifying that the information provided is accurate.
If a grant or contract is audited and it is determined that the information provided was not accurate, the individual reporting the time and effort, the PI/PD, and the University may be responsible for repaying the grant.