Grants & Contracts
The Grants & Contracts Team is committed to delivering outstanding service to our customers in support of their research portfolio.
Support is provided from the time our team is notified of a funding opportunity, through the award stage, until all close-out documents have been delivered to the sponsor, and the account is closed.
Our Grants & Contracts team supports nine units within The Grainger College of Engineering. Visit the directory page to find your department's grants & contracts specialist.
Our services include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Review of Proposal/RFP/RFQ Guidelines
- Preliminary budget formulation
- Prepare renewal/supplemental proposals
- Serve as liaison with Sponsored Program Administration (SPA), funding agencies, collaborating institutions, or other external partners.
- Award Management – compliance with award terms, including expenditure review.
- Budget projections
- Facilitate submission of unfunded agreements through SPA (i.e. Material transfer, data sharing, non-disclosure agreement, collaboration agreement)
- Monitor account balances
- Appointment review and approval
- Verification of funding for purchases and proposed travel
- Collaborate with other units on multi-disciplinary grant projects
- Collaborate with EBSC Purchasing team
- Monitor and facilitate payment of sub-award invoices
- Assist in set up and management of Startup accounts (if applicable), ICR accounts, and gift accounts.
- Assist with semi-annual certifications of grant expenditures
- Assist with document preparation for budget modifications, no-cost extension requests, and sub-award amendment requests