The Grant Lifecycle
The Office of Sponsored Programs provides a wide breadth of services to the University community, to include:
Pre-Award
- Assist with online proposal application and electronic submission
- Develop budgets in compliance with agency and institutional guidelines
- Complete agency forms, assurances, representations and certifications
- Contact and collaborate with partner institutions to secure all necessary subcontract documentation
- Review final applications for formatting, accuracy and adherence to sponsor requirements
- Guide faculty and staff regarding institutional and sponsor policies and procedures
- Assure all regulatory requirements and export control issues are identified
- Provide one-on-one meetings with faculty and staff to discuss funding search strategy, proposal development best practices, and feedback from submitted proposals
- Assist and train faculty and staff in locating possible funding sources
- Hold educational workshops and training activities on proposal development
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: October 4, 2021
Office of Sponsored Programs
1 Normal Avenue
The School of Nursing and The Graduate School Room 415
Montclair, NJ 07043
Phone: 973-655-4128
Fax: 973-655-5150
Email: osp@mail.montclair.edu