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The Office of Sponsored Programs handles all pre-award, award negotiation, and non-financial post-award activities for sponsored programs for all of Emory University. The following OSP teams provide central research administration support under the following structure. 

The OSP Grants Team handles proposals, just-in-time, and awards for:

  • Federal Grants
  • Foundation Grants
  • Corporate Grants (to formal grant programs)
  • Incoming Subcontracts which utilize an unmodified FDP Template
  • STTR/SBIR Proposals (at the proposals stage only)

The OSP Contracts Team comprises two groups (the Non-industry Contracting Group and the Industry Contracting Group) and handles all RFP proposals, contracts and awards for:

  • Government Contracts (Federal, State, and Local) [NICG]
  • Incoming Subcontracts under Grants and Contracts with non-industry prime sponsors [NICG]
  • Industry / Corporate Contracts and Agreements [ICG]
  • STTR/SBIR Agreements [ICG]
  • Incoming Subcontracts under Industry Contracts [ICG]
  • Outgoing Subcontracts on Industry Contracts [ICG]

 The OSP Subawards Team handles outgoing subawards and subcontracts under:

  • Federal Grants
  • Foundation Grants
  • Corporate Grants (to formal grant programs)
  • Government Contracts (Federal, State, and Local)