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What does the Office of Sponsored Programs do?

  1. OSP manages all grants campus wide. This includes institutional, faculty and student grants from federal, state, foundation, corporate and private agencies.

  2. As part of the Office of Business and Finance OSP manages

    1. Application processing and submission

    2. Institutional approvals

    3. Grant agency requests

    4. Budget development, approval and support

    5. Grant purchasing and hiring

    6. Federal, institutional, and grant agency reporting

    7. Grant related contracts

    8. Ensures compliance with institutional, federal, state and agency requirements

    9. Responses to all grant related finance questions

  3. As part of the Office of the Chief Academic Officer OSP

    1. Provides budget and signatory support for the Institutional Review Board

    2. Provides budget and signatory support for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees

    3. Manages internal Faculty Research Grants designed to support Faculty scholarship in teaching, scholarship and service.

  4. In collaboration with University Advancement

    1. OSP manages new and existing grants from private, corporate and foundation partners.

    2. UA staff approve, identify, promote, expand, and support connections with foundations and corporate donors that lead to grants and other opportunities that leverage the expertise of our faculty and promote our students.

    3. UA approves all limited, novel or by request grant opportunities from corporate and foundation partners. For example, if you would like to submit a novel proposal to the Murdock trust (ie. one that is not in response to a public offering) you will work with a UA officer who will seek approval from the trust.

Once your grant is funded OSP will

  1. Manage all financial aspects of your award. You will work with your school or department Administrative Assistant, budget manager, or grant manager to spend your award dollars through normal purchasing channels.

  2. Provide you with budget updates that help you track expenses, meet project goals,  and complete project reports.

  3. Review, prepare and sign all grant related contracts and documents.

    1. Important: Only OSP can sign grant related contracts and agreements  (speaker contracts, quotations, vendor agreements, subaward agreements) on behalf of the university.

    2. Give us a call if you are unsure to avoid invalidating or delaying the grant, contract, or agreement and placing yourself or others at financial risk. 

  4. Help you understand and follow all SPU and grant agency guidelines and requirements. If you have any policy questions related to your grant give us a call - we can help

  5. Please let us know anytime you communicate with your grant agency - just cc osp@spu.edu. This includes reporting, budget revisions, extensions, billing, scope of work changes, etc.

  6. OSP handles all grant related budget questions as part of the finance team.