Grant Management
The College of Arts and Science Office of Research provides administrative oversight for externally sponsored research activities throughout the award life cycle. This includes:
- Proposal development assistance
- Award administration guidance
- A&S research policies and procedures
- Grant management training
- College-level review/approval
- Bridge funding when there is a lapse in externally sponsored funding
PRE-AWARD
Pre-award services include:
- Guidance and oversight for the development of the grant proposal
- Assistance with interpreting and applying guidelines established by the funding opportunity
- Correspondence with the sponsor, as necessary
- Contact with sub-award organizations, as needed, to collect required documentation
- Development and review of the proposed budget for accuracy, compliance, and consistency
- Compliance with sponsor, university, federal, and non-federal rules and regulations
- Application of A&S policies & procedures
- Record creation for the research proposal in Vanderbilt’s required electronic applications
- Coordination with Vanderbilt’s Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)
- Assistance with electronic assembly and submission to the sponsor
POST-AWARD
Our post-award services include partnering with departments for:
- The receipt of new awards and Oracle award/project numbers
- Assistance with interpreting and applying guidelines established by sponsors
- Compliance with costing standards established by sponsors and the university, to ensure charges are allowable, allocable, and reasonable
- A financial review for each sponsored project, provided every 60 days to principal investigators
- The closeout and final reporting of awards once sponsored projects are complete
- Communication with Vanderbilt Research Finance
- Contact with the sponsor's programmatic and financial representatives for each award