Under the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is Pitt’s central pre-award office. OSP’s main responsibilities include:
- Research development support
- Proposal review and submission
- Award negotiation and acceptance
- Nonfinancial research agreement review and processing
- Outgoing subaward issuing
Under the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) is Pitt’s central post-award office. SPA’s main responsibilities include:
- Accounting
- Financial reporting
- Invoicing
- Accounts receivable management
- Administration of sponsored project funds from account activation to account closing