OSP administers institutional external funding (contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, etc.) and ensures that such sponsored projects comply with internal controls and applicable policies and regulations. Responsible for the lifecycle of sponsored programs, OSP activities include proposal development, proposal submission, award negotiation, and award management and closeout, as well as mitigation of audit risk. Browse the top level navigation to learn more.
OSP Departmental pre / post award assignments and staff directory
UM's Disbursement Guidelines for Paying Participants or Students
NEW Executive Orders and other guidance from the White House
Quick Links:
- Sign up for the OSP listservs
- Budget Templates
- F&A Rate Information and Federally-negotiated Agreement
- Fringe Benefit Rates for budget development
- Subawards - Outgoing
- UM-Specific Numbers, Codes, & Information
- (effective 12/26/14)
- Please refer to additional GMS resources for support.
- (retired, use only for reference)
- Banner Access and
- InfoGriz and other OSP Reports
- Accounting detail for charges (login with UM authentication: um/first.last)
- OSP Internal Fiscal Practices
- OSP Forms
Principal Investigator:
- Acronyms
- Eligibility
- Letter of Intent, Preproposal
- Lead Time Required for OSP Review and Approval
- Mandatory PI/co-PI Orientation/Training
- Sign up for the OSP listservs
- Progress / Project / Technical Report Submission
- Research Compliance (IACUC, IRB, Export Control, etc.)
- PI/co-I Change
- PI Responsibilities
- PI Transfer Process
- Preproposal, Letter of Intent
- Signature Authority
- Unallowable Costs / Over Expenditures
- Award Management Tips for Departmental Staff