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Sponsored Financial Services

Travel Reimbursement Requests for Students

For student reimbursements only. This form must be submitted by a Cornell employee.

This form is accessible only to individuals with a valid NetID.

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Open Finance Classes for January 2023 through June 2023

Posted: December 7, 2022

The following finance classes are available from January 2023 through June 2023 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.

Open Finance Classes for September 2022 through December 2022

Posted: June 30, 2022

The following finance classes are available from September 2022 through December 2022. Classes are open to anyone interested in learning more about Cornell's accounting and finance policies.

Facilities and Administrative Cost rates announced for FY2022

Posted: January 11, 2022

As previously announced in other forums, due to the pandemic Cornell University received permission to change its base year for Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost rate calculation, and extended its rates through FY2

Open finance classes Jan. - June 2022, including Travel

Posted: December 7, 2021

The following finance classes are available from January 2022 through June 2022 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance, payroll, and procurement policies.

Project Budget Accounting

Agreement Authorization

Sponsored Financial Services records the project’s authorized obligation in the general ledger in the approved high-level cost categories, CG Reporting Descriptions. These categories were created to align with federal budget costing categories. Standard KFS budget object codes are used to post the budget to the general ledger.

KFS Budget Object Codes (XLSX, 13KB)

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COVID-19 Response: Procuring research supplies during the laboratory shutdown

Posted: March 20, 2020

As we transition to remote work environments, it may not be practical to receive critical research-related purchases on campus.

FIN 115: Financial Reporting Dashboard, Sponsored Financial Activity

Prerequisite: FIN 114: Financial Management of Sponsored Projects

This course is an overview of the Sponsored Financial Activity dashboard, which presents financial activity associated with sponsored projects. You will learn how to analyze your project by reviewing the current financial status and monitoring activity on a regular basis.

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Cost Share

Contents

  • Proposing Cost Share
  • Allowable Expenses
  • Is Cost Share Required?
  • Types of Cost Share
  • External Commitments
  • Tracking Cost Share
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Multiple Financial Research Policy Updates

Posted: March 17, 2016

Over the past year, all of the university policies referencing the federal cost principles (OMB A-21) or administrative requirements for awards (OMB A-110) were updated to incorporate the

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