RAS Attributes Glossary

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Overview

This guide provides information on PeopleSoft/Research Administration System (RAS) attributes for award setup, tracking, and reporting.

Review active attributes used in PeopleSoft/Research Administration System (RAS), as well as the situations in which each attribute would be added to an award. Attributes are added to an award during setup and can be modified later by Contracts & Grants Accounting (CGA) if the characteristics of an award change. Attributes enable tracking and reporting based on various features of an award. The comment field of the Attribute will provide the unique details about the Attribute specific to the award; frequently, these are excerpts of the award agreement clauses themselves.

Attribute TypeDescriptionUsage
1490P_BILBilling under LOC 1490P
  • Federal Letter of Credit (LOC) billing to a subaccount instead of the historical pooled account
BILL_BY_PRJBill by Project - for CRB only
  • Allows for the issuance of an invoice on the award for specified projects only
  • This attribute is for cost reimbursable awards only
CACTAS_NUMCACTAS – PRIMARY CA#
  • Centralized Agreement Contact Tracking and Approval System (CACTAS) number related to the award
  • Present on every award since the implementation of the field in March 2016
CARRYFORWDCarry Forward Authority
  • When UCSF does not have the authority to carry forward unspent budget without additional sponsor approval
CFDA_NUMCFDA Number
  • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  • Also referred to as Assistance Listing Number
  • Identifies the Federal program related to award’s funding
  • Required all Federal grants, cooperative agreements and other types of assistance (not contracts), including Federal flow-through
COVID19COVID19 related award
  • Indicates that the award is a COVID-19 award
FA_WAIVERF&A Waiver Number
  • Approval has been granted to use a different rate than UCSF’s standard negotiated rate with the sponsor
FDP_AWARDFDP Award
  • Federal Demonstration Partnership
  • A subaward agreement issued with another institution participating in the FDP and using an FDP template, which includes specific administrative and reporting requirements
FED_REPORTFederal Reporting Requirements
  • Indicates that Federal Reporting Requirements apply to the award
FED_SB_SPFed SB SP 52.219-8 or 52.19.9
  • Federal reporting for Small Business Subcontracting Plans
FFATAFFATA
  • Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
  • Federal requirement mandating Prime Sponsors to capture and report key information from each subawardee
HYBRID_BILLHybrid Billing on this Award
  • Award with both Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursable components
LN_ITEM_BUDLine Item Budget – Sponsor Req
  • Budget must be broken down at a line-item level (more detail than only Direct and Indirect cost categories) per the sponsor’s specific requirements
NO_COLLECTCGA Collection Action Pause
  • This attribute indicates that CGA collection actions should be paused for the award. The pause is indefinite, until the attribute is removed from the award. 
NO_FUND_NUMDummy award or No Fund Code
  • An award that has been set up as a dummy award or with no fund code.
NO_SALCAPNo Salary Cap
  • The award does not have a salary cap
OPEN_ENDINGAward with Open Ending Date
  • Award without a defined ending date in the award documents
  • Generally only applicable to clinical trials
PARENT_MAAParent Master Agreement Awd ID
  • Indicates that the award is tied to a separate Parent Master Agreement Award ID
PROGINCOMEProgram Income
  • Gross income earned by the University that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of a Federal award, in whole or in part, during the period of performance.
  • Award agreement stipulates whether the program income will be additive or deductive to the obligated budget; generally, additive
R&DSEFA R&D Cluster
  • Schedule of Expenditures and Federal Awards – reporting requirement used to facilitate the audit of sponsored research expenditures
  • Indicates that the award falls within the Research and Development category of the SEFA, enabling CGA to consolidate the needed information to prepare the annual report
REFUNDRefund Contract Clause
  • Sponsor requirement that UCSF is obligated to return unspent funds to the sponsor
SNAP_AWARDSNAP Award
  • Streamlined, Non-Competing Award Process
  • Federal authority that waives or simplifies annual reporting requirements and indicates auto-carryforward authority
STIP_REQSTIP Requirement
  • Sponsor requirement that the short term investment pool (STIP) (i.e., interest) is required to be calculated, tracked, and managed
  • Review more information on STIP
TRAVEL_AWDTravel Award
  • Parent Master Agreement Awd ID