How To Submit a Decision on a Category Budget Amendment Type

1. Open Award Management>Awards. 
2. Click the   (View Award icon) next to a lead recipient name. 
3. Open the Post-Award tab>Management>Amendments. On the Amendments page, any amendment that is pending a decision will have a status of In Process and a  (Decision icon) next to its name. 
   
   
4. Click the   (Decision icon) next an amendment. 
5. Click Category Budget to review the Amendment Request. 
   
   
6. Select your decision in the Status dropdown:
    Note: You can submit a different decision for each Amendment Type.
   
   • Approved: You approve the proposed amendment type, or approve an adjusted version of the amendment type 
   • Denied: You deny the amendment type 
   • Needs More Information: You deny the amendment type and request more information from the recipient
     
7. If you approve the amendment, select the Approved Budget Category Total. This can be the same same as the Proposed Budget Category Total as requested by the recipient, or it can be adjusted. 
8. Add the Reasoning for your decision. 
9. To Attach Documentation, click Choose a file to select a file from your computer. 
10. Add any Internal Notes about the amendment for you or your staff to view. 
     Note: Anything added to the Internal Notes field will not be visible to the recipient when the amendment response is submitted. 
11. Click Save to save your progress or click Submit to send your amendment response (for all amendment types) to the recipient. Once you submit your approval, the new categories will be automatically added to the award budget. 
     Warning: Once you submit your decision, you will not be able to edit it.