Per Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Operating Standard 400.06, a Financial Guarantee or Letter of Guarantee (LOG) request must be submitted through the RAMSeS IPF in order to request pre-award spending.
Please refer to OSP – 400.06, Procedure 1 – Submitting a Financial Guarantee Request, and use the following guidelines to ensure accuracy in your submissions. In particular, selecting the correct LOG type is imperative for proper routing of the request in RAMTracker. Please note that incorrect submissions will be returned.
Types of Financial Guarantees
New
A request to create a new Project ID for an anticipated new award or a new Project ID for a subsequent budget period with no automatic carryover.
Existing
A request to extend an active Project ID for 90 days after the active budget period end date.
Extension
A request to extend either a New or Existing LOG for an additional 90 days.
For additional assistance, please contact your department’s OSP Sponsored Projects Specialist. For all other general inquiries, email SponsoredPrograms@unc.edu.