Did you know that the Office of Sponsored Programs and Sponsored Projects Accounting are separate central offices with different functions at the University of Pittsburgh?
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Sponsored Projects Accounting work closely together but are separate central offices with different functions and reporting lines.
Office of Sponsored Programs
The functional areas supported by the Office of Sponsored Programs staff include:
Pre-Award Grants Management
process, negotiate, and accept awards/agreements in the form of federal grants, cooperative agreements, state agreements, foundation awards, and sub-awards
Clinical and Corporate Contracts
review and negotiate non-financial agreements (Confidential Disclosure Agreements/Non-Disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, and Data Use Agreements)
review and negotiate financial agreements (corporate funding agreements, corporate research agreements, clinical trials agreements, and clinical study agreements where the funding source is corporate)
Federal Contracts
review and negotiate federal contracts
review and negotiate financial and non-financial agreements associated with federal contracts
The Office of Sponsored Programs reports to the Associate Vice Provost for Research Operations.
SPONSORED PROJECTS ACCOUNTING
The post-award accounting (financial) functions supported by the Sponsored Projects Accounting staff include:
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account activation and compliance following release of record from Office of Sponsored Programs
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agency-approved budget setup
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grant/contract financial management
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invoicing
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financial reporting to sponsor
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payment collection
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final financial reporting for grants and contracts
Sponsored Projects Accounting reports to the University Controller within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.