CRA EXAM PREP SPRING (LATEST UPDATE) REAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED
Modular budget (NIH) Ans✓✓✓ budget with direct costs requested in
$25,000 modules, up to $250,000 per year.
Typical modular budgets request the same number of modules per year.
Used for R01, R03, R15, R25 funding mechanisms.
Modular budget justification(s) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Personnel justification
(name, role, # of person months)
2. Consortium justification - include total costs (direct+indirect) rounded
to nearest $1k for each subaward - including personnel roles and
months; and if foreign or domestic
3. Additional justification - used to describe any variation in module
requests between years; and any work conducted off-site
FedConnect.net Ans✓✓✓ Gateway to Government Opportunities,
Acquisition and Grants Portal
sam.gov Ans✓✓✓ System for Award Management: register to do
business with the US government
obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from sam.gov
,UEI Ans✓✓✓ united entity identifier
12 digit alphanumeric ID
assigned by sam.gov
final implementation on April 4, 2022
NSF:PAPPG, NIH:? Ans✓✓✓ Grants Policy Statement (NIH-GPS)
the NIH is part of what department? Ans✓✓✓ US Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS)
NIH is one of 8 what? Ans✓✓✓ Public Health Service
Bonus: along with ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, and
SAMHSA
How many NIH institutes and centers (ICs) are there?
How many have funding authority? Ans✓✓✓ 27
24 with funding authority
,Bonus: 3 without are NIH Clinical Center, Center for Info Technology,
and Center for Scientific Review
3 common funding instruments Ans✓✓✓ 1. Grants
2. Contracts
3. Cooperative Agreements
Characteristics of a Grant Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by the investigator (via an
FOA, RFP, RFA)
Assistance/for the public good
No sponsor involvement
scope somewhat flexible
applicable regulations - Uniform Guidance; sponsor specific
Characteristics of a Contract Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by sponsor via RFP,
RFQ or maybe BAA
to obtain specific goods or services
no flexibility in scope; firm deadline
sponsor could have extensive involvement
Applicable regulations - Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
Characteristics of a Cooperative Agreement Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by
sponsor via FOA, RFP, RFA
, Substantial sponsor involvement
scope may be flexible
regulated by - uniform guidance; sponsor specific
Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Agreement Ans✓✓✓ allows
university faculty to temporarily be assigned to a federal agency while
maintaining their university status (usually less than 3 years)
OF-69 is award instrument
USAspending.gov Ans✓✓✓ Searchable database for Federal awards
E-Verify.gov Ans✓✓✓ Site for instant verification of US work
authorization
NSPIRES Ans✓✓✓ NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review
and Evaluation System
proposalCENTRAL Ans✓✓✓ E-granting website shared by many
government, non-profit, and private grant-making organizations
Grant Solutions (eRA) Ans✓✓✓ Department of the Interior award
management system
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED
Modular budget (NIH) Ans✓✓✓ budget with direct costs requested in
$25,000 modules, up to $250,000 per year.
Typical modular budgets request the same number of modules per year.
Used for R01, R03, R15, R25 funding mechanisms.
Modular budget justification(s) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Personnel justification
(name, role, # of person months)
2. Consortium justification - include total costs (direct+indirect) rounded
to nearest $1k for each subaward - including personnel roles and
months; and if foreign or domestic
3. Additional justification - used to describe any variation in module
requests between years; and any work conducted off-site
FedConnect.net Ans✓✓✓ Gateway to Government Opportunities,
Acquisition and Grants Portal
sam.gov Ans✓✓✓ System for Award Management: register to do
business with the US government
obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from sam.gov
,UEI Ans✓✓✓ united entity identifier
12 digit alphanumeric ID
assigned by sam.gov
final implementation on April 4, 2022
NSF:PAPPG, NIH:? Ans✓✓✓ Grants Policy Statement (NIH-GPS)
the NIH is part of what department? Ans✓✓✓ US Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS)
NIH is one of 8 what? Ans✓✓✓ Public Health Service
Bonus: along with ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, and
SAMHSA
How many NIH institutes and centers (ICs) are there?
How many have funding authority? Ans✓✓✓ 27
24 with funding authority
,Bonus: 3 without are NIH Clinical Center, Center for Info Technology,
and Center for Scientific Review
3 common funding instruments Ans✓✓✓ 1. Grants
2. Contracts
3. Cooperative Agreements
Characteristics of a Grant Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by the investigator (via an
FOA, RFP, RFA)
Assistance/for the public good
No sponsor involvement
scope somewhat flexible
applicable regulations - Uniform Guidance; sponsor specific
Characteristics of a Contract Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by sponsor via RFP,
RFQ or maybe BAA
to obtain specific goods or services
no flexibility in scope; firm deadline
sponsor could have extensive involvement
Applicable regulations - Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
Characteristics of a Cooperative Agreement Ans✓✓✓ Initiated by
sponsor via FOA, RFP, RFA
, Substantial sponsor involvement
scope may be flexible
regulated by - uniform guidance; sponsor specific
Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Agreement Ans✓✓✓ allows
university faculty to temporarily be assigned to a federal agency while
maintaining their university status (usually less than 3 years)
OF-69 is award instrument
USAspending.gov Ans✓✓✓ Searchable database for Federal awards
E-Verify.gov Ans✓✓✓ Site for instant verification of US work
authorization
NSPIRES Ans✓✓✓ NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review
and Evaluation System
proposalCENTRAL Ans✓✓✓ E-granting website shared by many
government, non-profit, and private grant-making organizations
Grant Solutions (eRA) Ans✓✓✓ Department of the Interior award
management system
