Sponsored Awards Management

SAM has a robust team of experienced administrators, each assigned to serve a specific group of academic departments.  During the pre-award portion of the grant life cycle, SAM:

• provides proposal preparation support, including help with budget development.
• ensures compliance with the requirements of the sponsor agency, the university, and government regulators.
• obtains research-related campus approvals.
• submits proposals to funding agencies on behalf of researchers.

Upon receiving a sponsored award, SAM:

• prepares final documents and negotiates terms of the award with the sponsor.
• Serves as liaison with sponsor to answering questions and resolve post-award issues, including no-cost extensions, re-budgeting, and other modifications.
• gathers information and solves problems in conjunction with other campus units, including Purchasing, Grants and Funds Management, Human Resources, etc.
• prepares and negotiates subcontracts.