About OSP

The Grant Lifecycle

The Office of Sponsored Programs provides a wide breadth of services to the University community, to include:

Pre-Award

• identifying, assisting and training faculty and staff in locating possible funding sources
• assistance with institutional, as well as sponsor policies and procedures
• developing budgets that comply with agency and institutional guidelines
• reviewing proposals for formatting, accuracy and adherence to sponsor requirements and guidelines
• completing agency forms, assurances and certifications, providing institutional statistics
• assistance with online proposal application and electronic submission
• holding educational workshops and training activities on proposal development
• one-on-one meetings with faculty and staff to discuss funding search strategy, proposal development best practices and feedback from submitted proposals
• negotiate award terms and conditions with federal and non-federal sponsors

Post-Award

• assistance with understanding and interpreting complex agency requirements (e.g.,  prior approval requests)
• revising grant award budgets in accordance with sponsor guidelines
• negotiate continuing awards with federal and non-federal sponsors
• assistance with non-financial post-award matters (e.g., no-cost extension requests)
• assisting with the timely submission of interim and final programmatic reports
• help in understanding employment procedures and forms, and processing travel requests
• guidance and assistance in sourcing and purchasing equipment
• holding regular workshops and training activities on non-financial post-award administration
• one-on-one meetings with faculty and staff to discuss aspects of post-award management

Updated: May 12, 2012