The Office of Sponsored Projects
The Office of Sponsored Projects assists the university community by providing resources and support for extramurally sponsored projects. Our role is to work with University faculty and staff, external sponsors and subcontractors to secure and administer external funding for research and other scholarly activities. We provide oversight and guidance regarding federal, state, and institutional compliance, laws, and regulations.
Below are the five major components of the sponsored project lifecycle. Links are provided for more detailed information on each area.
APPROVED, SIGNED Proposals must be submitted to OSP two business days prior to the submission deadline and five business days prior submission via electronic submission.
This policy is stated on the various OSP forms, but is largely ignored with a majority of proposals being submitted the day they are due. In order to accommodate faculty, the OSP staff have prioritized proposal submission as their top priority so that when proposals come in at the last minute, all other work is shuffled to a lower priority. This creates a backlog in accounts set up, sub-award monitoring, etc.