 The primary functions of the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration include the overall responsibility for fiscal, facility, housing, human resource, business service and other general administrative support functions of UAHuntsville; overall coordination of the activities and services of the Division to assure excellence in customer service and support of the academic, research, and public service mission of UAHuntsville; issuance and management of debt; coordination of management information to the UAHuntsville president and other vice president about budgets, interim financial reports, benchmarking, statistics, ratios and other requested financial and operation information and reports; issuance of the annual financial report and interpretation of that report to various constituencies; new construction; renovation of existing buildings; real property acquisitions and dispositions; overall coordination of investments and risk management; adequacy of internal controls in the accounting and reporting systems; safeguard of assets; and assuring compliance with the UA System, State of Alabama and federal audit guidelines. The Vice President serves as official liaison with the UAH Staff Senate; is on the UA System Board of Trustees Investment Committee, Physical Properties Committee, Finance Committee, and the Comprehensive General Liability Committee; the Investment and Finance and Audit Committees of the UAH Foundation; the Public Education Building Authority Board; and the Eminent Scholars Foundation Board American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is the Federal Government's response to the country's recent economic crisis. This Act is also known as the Stimulus Bill as it is an effort to stimulate the American economy. The AARA will have a dramatic impact on research and development as it "provides $21.5 billion in additional funds for scientific endeavors." The federal agencies charged with implementing the Recovery Act are in the process of rolling out funding announcements, many of them competitive research grants, many unique and almost all requiring a quick turnaround. The Office for Sponsored Programs created this website to enable quick access to ARRA-related information as we receive it. As agencies announce opportunities, this website will be updated. Also, a blog will be coming soon that will track the updates to this website and link to the pre-populated application packages, which are available below.
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