Awards received from federal agencies including awards received from any sponsor that received an award from a federal agency that issues a portion of their award to UH via a sub-recipient agreement has certain terms and conditions to comply with. Sub-recipient agreements are subject to OMB Uniform Guidance (UG) 2 CFR 200, dated December 26, 2014, (UG).

In addition to the UG, all federal awards are subject to the following laws, status, principals and policies:

• Expanded authorities for Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) members, as it relates to the Uniform Guidance
• Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) incorporated under the Uniform Guidance
• Sponsor specific guidelines which are outlined in the terms and conditions of the agreement
• Public laws, including Export Control restrictions and Fly America Act
• State laws incorporated into the University of Houston’s SAM and MAPP
• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) applicable to federal contracts.

Federal Sponsors:

• National Institute of Health (NIH)  last updated December 2018
• National Science Foundation (NSF) last updated December 2018
  • National Science Foundation - Career
  • ​National Science Foundation - Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) Teams
  • National Science Foundation - Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignments
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) last updated June 2018
• U.S. Department of Education (DED) last updated June 2018
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
  •  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) last updated June 2018
  • Office of Naval Research last updated June 2018
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) last updated July 2018
• U.S. Department of Treasury
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) last updated April 2018
• U.S. Department of Agriculture last updated April 2018
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Small Business Administration