OSP roles

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 support

   5. Grant purchasing and hiring

   6. Reporting

   7. Grant contracts

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

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.