#  What's the difference between Obligated versus Allocated amounts? 

 



**Obligated amounts** are the funds authorized by the sponsor for a particular period of time. Those funds are then **allocated** by OSP and SPA to account(s) in GMAS for spending purposes.

> Depending on how the project is set up the obligated amount may be allocated across multiple accounts.
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> If there is only one account on the segment the total obligated amount will most likely equal the allocated.



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Budgets ](/faq-categories/budgets)
- [ General ](/faq-categories/general)
- [ Central ](/faq-user-role/central)
- [ Central Financial ](/faq-user-role/central-financial)
- [ Department ](/faq-user-role/department)
- [ Observers ](/faq-user-role/observers)
- [ Principal Investigator ](/faq-user-role/principal-investigator)