Tri-Agency Grants

Tri-Agency is the umbrella term used to describe the three Canadian Government research funding agencies:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

The Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration (TAGFA) is in effect for all eligible administering institutions on April 1, 2020. This Guide streamlines and simplifies the administration and use of grant funds by creating a ‘principles-based’ guide that promotes efficiencies, reduces administrative burden and provides greater flexibility to administering institutions and grant recipients in ensuring the appropriate accountability and use of grant funds.

This principles-based guide will foster a balance between control and flexibility, and it will also take into consideration existing administering institutions’ policies, processes and internal controls.

Use of Grant Funds

The use of grant funds will be governed by directives and principles.

Roles and Responsibilities

There will be a shared accountability between the grant recipient, administering institute and Tri-Agency.

• Review Roles and Responsibilities

Resources

• Condensed version of UBC Expenditure Guidelines for Tri-Agency Grant Spending 
• Flow Chart for Issues
• Training

Support

Training

Current and upcoming training events are here.

Helpdesk

Please see process Flow Chart for any issues identified. If the issue cannot be resolved, Managers can then escalate their concerns to the Helpdesk email tri-agency.renewal@finance.ubc.ca