Description

Agency Number

Display-only. Displays an auto-generated number that uniquely identifies an external funding agency.

Agency Reporting Name

Required. The shortened name of the agency. This field is used for most reports and lookups where space is a limited. 

Agency Full Name

Required. The official, unabbreviated business title of the agency funding the award.

Agency Type Code

Required. A unique value to categorize the type of agency. Existing agency type codes may be retrieved from the lookup .

Example values are
F: Federal agency
I: Commercial/industrial agency

Indicates whether this agency is active or inactive. Remove the check mark to deactivate.

In State Indicator

Optional. Indicates if the agency is located in your institution's state.

Indirect Amount

Optional. The maximum dollar amount or rate that this agency allows. This field is informational only and does not drive other fields in the KFS system.

Reports To Agency Number

Optional. The code identifies the agency to which this agency reports. Existing agency numbers may be retrieved from the lookup .

If the agency is a smaller agency that reports to another agency, this field identifies the next higher agency in the agency hierarchy. If the agency is an independent agency and is not part of an agency hierarchy, this field is left blank. Many federal agencies have a 'reports to' agency.