About Payroll Confirmation

Payroll confirmation is the process by which the salary charged to a sponsored project is confirmed as being reasonable in relation to the effort expended on that project. 

The federal government requires universities to document salaries charged to sponsored projects are reasonable in relation to the effort expended. Payroll confirmations constitute one of the primary auditable documents to support salary costs on sponsored projects.

Principal investigators are required to confirm the payroll of staff funded by their grants including COPI’s. Lead PIs on large project grants (ex. COBRE) may delegate the confirmation of CO-PI led projects to the CO-PI for that defined portion of the overall award.

Person assigned to manage a specific department and all projects associated with that department. By default, the PEC is the grant manager for all projects. The PEC can pre-review all projects associated with the department. 

Person assigned to manage a specific project or projects. The Grant Manager can pre-review all projects assigned to them.