Information for award holders and departments

Financial arrangements

• Awards are available immediately;
• Awards must be spent within a month of the project end date;
• The funds will be transferred to your department by the School Finance Advisor – please ask the department accounts team to notify us of the dedicated Cost Centre where funds should be transferred to, by emailing Michael.dunn@admin.cam.ac.uk; 
• The source of funds for the award will be ALBN;
• Expenditure may only be incurred through a host Faculty or Department;
• All expenditure should be coded directly to the Cost Centre provided by the host department;
• Award holders should not make direct payments for services under any circumstances;
• Any overspend will be the responsibility of the Faculty or Department concerned;
• Any unspent award will be journalled back to the Scheme at the end of the academic year.

Changes to awards

• CHRG awards are strictly cash-limited and no follow-on funding is available.
• No-cost extensions are normally granted only on the basis of unavoidable delay such as a change in personnel or other circumstances outside the control of the researcher. 
• Repurposing of funds may be possible, depending on the circumstances, and must be approved in advance by submitting a change request.
• Changes to awards must be requested online.

Submit Change Request

Completion

• Expenditure must be completed within one month of the project end date.
• Any underspend will be transferred back to the Scheme at the end of the academic year.
• Any overspend will be the responsibility of the host Faculty or Department.

Reporting requirements

• As a condition of the award, each awardee will be asked to submit a brief report (using the template provided) on the outcomes of the project and the extent to which the specific aims/outputs have been achieved, along with a statement of expenditure. 
• Reports are due within thirty days of the project end-date.  
• Failure to submit a report may result in the funds being recalled. 
• Final reports should be on the template provided and submitted online

Final report template

Submit Final Report

If you have any queries, please contact the CHRG Administration at grantsAHSS@admin.cam.ac.uk