Frequently Asked Questions
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Registration
Start-up
Fund Transfer
Payment of Staff
- How do I claim my salary?
- Can all the details in my COS be typewritten so I can lessen the chance of mistakes/erasures?
- I made a mistake while writing on my COS/AR, can I erase it?
- What if I want to hire an additional staff but the position is not in the LIB or the position is only for 1 person?
- What should be the date of the PCF?
- What position and salary should I write in my in the PCF?
- Are electronic signatures of staff allowed in COS and Accomplishment Reports?
- Can I pay for the salary of my staff and ask for its reimbursement?
Administrative Overhead Cost (AOC)
Expense Report & Cash Advance
- How can I request for the release of cash advance?
- Can I reimburse the bond premium?
- What are the inclusive dates of expenses which I can under cash advance?
- Can I charge anything on my cash advance?
- Who are eligible for the SDO position?
- Are tenure-track appointment of UPM personnel eligible for the SDO appointment?
- Do I need to be an SDO in order to reimburse my expenses for the project?
- Are the Sales Invoices generated by the cash registered machine enough to prove the purchase, though, the required proof are the Official Receipts.
- How much is allowed for representation/meal expenses per head?
Procurement
Research Dissemination Grant
- What journals are eligible for the UP System International Publication Award (IPA)?
- Are students qualified for the IPA?
- What journals are eligible for the UP Manila Publication Award?
- If the article was published in a journal which is included in the Beall’s list of Possible, Probable, Predatory Journals, would the article be disqualified for publication award?
- Who are qualified for the OIL Travel Grant?

