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Office of Sponsored Awards Management

Managing Awards

The Office of Sponsored Awards Management helps researchers manage sponsored awards by:

  • reviewing and negotiating grant and contract documents received from funding agencies.
  • answering non-financial, post-award research administration questions.
  • gathering information and resolving issues in conjunction with other campus units, including Purchasing, Grants and Funds Management, Personnel, etc.
  • coordinating directly with funding agencies for post-award administrative issues like project extensions, rebudgeting, scope changes, change of principal investigators, closeout and other project modifications.
  • preparing and negotiating subawards and subcontracts.

In this section, we provide information about managing awards (specific awards management topics are described below). If you need assistance with managing awards, please contact your SAM administrator.

Post-Award Policies

Refer to the Policies and Procedures page to view and download USC policies governing awards management activities like human subjects research, data retention, care and use of laboratory animals, allowable expenditures and various financial processes.

Grants & Funds Management

The Office of Grants and Funds Management is responsible for the post-award financial services related to sponsored award accounts. Read about USC’s Office of Grants and Funds Management’s (GFM) role in managing awards, and access pertinent information through links to GFM’s website and associated tools.

Award Actions

Browse this section to learn  how SAM supports various award actions. Actions covered in this section are establishing a risk account, no-cost extension, rebudgeting, carry forward of unencumbered funds, principal investigator transfer and hiring graduate students.