Grants Policy
Project timeline: The first project-related expenses should be incurred within one year of the date of award. All expenses and activities should be incurred within one year from the date of the first expenses.
Project report: Recipients are required to submit to Alliance a final Academic Report on the research conducted. Acknowledgement: When recipients receive external grants based on the Alliance seed grant, they are expected to acknowledge the support of the “Alliance Program T.I.E.R Grant” in any papers, publications or resumes and to provide the Alliance team with copies of these papers and publications.
Payment of the grant: The funds will be transferred to the department of the principal investigator at Columbia University, who will assume primary scholarly, administrative, and financial responsibility for the project. Only flights in Economy/Coach are allowed except for a documented medical condition that requires a reasonable accommodation that has been approved by the University’s Leave Management office.
All Columbia University students and faculty members who travel internationally under an Alliance funded project should refer to the International Travel Planning Policy, and are encouraged to register their travels through the University’s Global Travel website.