Welcome

The Office for Research and Sponsored Projects Administration (ORSPA) is a unit under the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs. ORSPA interacts with faculty, students, department business staff, university administration, external sponsor program officers and award negotiators to provide service and support to the university’s missions of instruction, research, public service, and economic development.

ORSPA is organized into two life cycle teams that manage sponsored projects activity from proposal submission through project closeout. Each team is made up of Sponsored Projects Officers, Contract Officers and Grant & Contract Accountants who integrate the pre-award and post-award functions of each award into a single comprehensive management process. In addition to the life cycle teams, ORSPA’s Research Administration & Analysis Team is responsible for key financial functions supporting the research enterprise and ORSPA's Organizational Development Team provides a variety of workshops and programs for investigators and administrative staff.