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Office of
Sponsored Programs Overview
This Office seeks, pursues, solicits and manages funding opportunities for
research and other sponsored program activities university-wide. Opportunities
are found by establishing contacts with agency program officers, department
heads, and other corporate officers; by conducting on-line searches, reviewing
various sponsor notifications, and by personal contacts.
Responsibilities also include establishing relationships with potential
sponsors, identifying university resources, matching university capacity with
agency needs and promoting the university to external sponsors.
Sponsored Program Section (SPS)
The SPS is responsible for identifying types of funding opportunities such as
requests for proposals, broad agency announcements and other agency-specific
notification instruments. This section also insures that proposals have the
appropriate certifications, representations, and authorizing signatures as
required. In particular the SPS:
- Reviews and recommends for approval all proposal
submissions
- Assists faculty and staff with proposal preparation
- Assists faculty and staff with budget preparation
- Reviews proposed contracts and subcontracts for
compliance with university, state and sponsoring agency policies
- Coordinates all university award activities
Grants Management Section (GMS)
The GMS is responsible for assuring the integrity of programmatic compliance
issues of all awards. In particular the GMS:
- Reviews and monitors awards (i.e. grants, contracts,
and subcontracts)
- Monitors sponsored program related technical and
programmatic reports
- Reviews post-award requests for internal or agency
approval
Research Information Section (RIS)
The RIS is responsible for developing, collecting, analyzing and
disseminating information related to academic research and sponsored programs.
In particular the RIS:
- Collects, writes, and disseminates reports and
publications reflecting the accomplishments of NSU faculty and staff.
- Collects, writes, and disseminates a document of
faculty and staff publications and other creative activities
- Identifies and disseminates funding opportunities to
faculty and staff
- Responds to faculty requests concerning funding
opportunities
- Provides infrastructure support for developing
boilerplate components of proposals that describe the University, its
capabilities, and other pertinent information
- Maintains a World Wide Web site presence to support
research and other sponsored program activities
- Responds to all information requests
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