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The IPO administers, reviews and submits all CFI and BCKDF applications on behalf of UBC researchers:

Prior to submission, the IPO will arrange, for most applications and funding programs:

• Consultations and workshops to help with developing applications;
• Coordination of peer review and criteria review;
• Support for budget development;
• Full financial review;
• Arrangement of signatures and letters of support from the appropriate dean(s);
• Submission of the CFI and BCKDF–Step 1 applications and completion of the BCKDF–Step 2 application on the researcher's behalf

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Once the CFI and BCKDF decisions have been made, the IPO will set up meetings with the project leaders to outline the next steps for project implementation.

Through the full cycle of the CFI grant, IPO staff will lead the project leaders through:

• Award finalization and Project/Grant Worktag set up
• Detailed financial reporting and CFI audit support
• CFI Project Progress Reports (PPRs)
• Project amendment requests
• Installation of CFI-funded equipment and labs to UBC sites
• Addition of CFI-funded equipment to CFI online tools to promote equipment sharing and collaboration 
• Set up, administration and reporting on the Infrastructure Operating Funds (IOF) that accompany a CFI award.

Details

The IPO team will employ a number of different models for financial management support for PacifiCan funds and other large-scale projects or centres. This may include embedded staff within a centre to take care of the financial administration of the project, or providing the support of centralized IPO staff to support processing financial transactions, provide budget forecasting, financial reporting and audit preparation.

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