Paste your budget and justification. GrantGuard flags unallowable costs, F&A base errors, effort and cost-sharing traps — the things that cost you a submission cycle.
Review a budget free →How to read this: GrantGuard is a pre-submission aid, not legal or audit advice, and it does not replace your sponsored programs office. Always confirm findings against the current solicitation and your institution's negotiated rate agreement.
Alcohol, entertainment, lobbying, premium airfare, admin/clerical salary charged direct — the classic audit findings.
Equipment, tuition, participant support, and subaward dollars past $25k don't belong in MTDC. Getting this wrong changes your bottom line.
Over-committed effort, salary above the NIH cap, and Current & Pending that doesn't match what you committed.
A stray "the university will contribute" in the narrative creates a binding, auditable commitment — and NSF bars it in most programs.
Misclassifying a subrecipient as a contractor changes F&A, monitoring duties, and audit exposure.
Biosketch format, Other Support, Data Management & Sharing Plan — and whether you budgeted for it.
A single resubmission cycle costs months. This costs a rounding error.
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