Award Administration
Post-award, the Office of Sponsored Programs will:
- Manage financial matters for all sponsored program awards to ensure compliance with VCU, state and sponsor rules and regulations
- Advise principal investigators regarding compliance requirements and interpretation of sponsor rules and regulations
- Assist in submission of financial or annual administrative reports to sponsors
- Provide oversight and coordination of all personnel expenditures on sponsored programs with appropriate college personnel
- Review and approve all nonpersonnel sponsored program expenditures
- Coordinate expenditure paperwork with appropriate college personnel
- Advise on allowability of costs on sponsored program awards
- Serve as effort reporting coordinator (director)
- Coordinate summer salary payment process with College of Engineering human resources director
- Coordinate post-award requests such as no-cost extensions, key personnel effort revisions and budget reallocations with appropriate VCU offices and sponsors
- Assist in preparation of closeout administrative reports such as patent/invention and equipment reports and coordination with the appropriate VCU offices for any required signatures of electronic submissions to the sponsor
- Provide reports to dean and chairs on sponsored program activities