Transcript SPA Services for SLA Faculty

TULANE UNIVERSITY SPONSORED
PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION SERVICES
(SPA)
Kathleen Kozar, Director
[email protected]
Norey Laug, Associate Director
[email protected]
April 18, 2016
Information Resources
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Listservs – Biomedical, Science & Engineering, Social Sciences, Arts &
Humanities
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Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
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http://tulane.edu/asvpr/ora/
Tulane Faculty Handbook
http://tulane.edu/provost/upload/Faculty-Handbook-2011-12.pdf
Tulane Investigator’s Manual
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http://tulane.edu/asvpr/ora/policies.cfm
Office of Research (VP, IACUC, IRB, etc)
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http://tulane.edu/asvpr/index.cfm
Grant Forward
 Access to Grant Forward: http://www.grantforward.com/index
 Search Grant Forward for opportunities in every field from many
types of sponsors: federal, foundations, corporations, other orgs.
 Set up an individual account to save your searches or receive
alerts to new opportunities.
Grants.gov
 A federal portal or entryway that allows users to find and
apply for federal funding
 PI’s can search for and download application packages for
federal funding
 http://www.grants.gov/
National
Institutes of
Health
 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.h
tm
 Search by Key Words
 Proposal tips
 Grant policies
 Peer Review Process
 NIH Reporter
 Subscribe to updates
National Science
Foundation (NSF)
Find NSF
Funding:
http://www.nsf.g
ov/funding/index.
jsp
Find NSF Grants
awarded:
http://www.nsf.g
ov/awardsearch/
Nat’l Endowment
for the Humanities
 http://www.neh.go
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v/grants
Match your idea to
a Program
Search by Key
Word
Browse by
Programs
Subscribe to
upcoming
deadline/program
info
National
Endowment for
the Arts
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http://arts.gov/grants
Categories
Discipline Descriptions
Eligibility
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Art Works
Challenge America
Our Town
Research: Art Works
Deadlines
Application Restrictions
Grant Review Process
Contacts
Other Federal Sponsors
 Justice: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/funding.htm
 Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/grants/
 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/default.shtml
 US Agency for International Development:
http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/partnership-opportunities
Louisiana Board of
Regents (BOR)
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https://web.la
regents.org/pr
ograms/
 RFPs issue in
August each
year
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announces
RFPs on the
listservs
BOR FOCUS: ATLAS Program Features
 The Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (ATLAS) Program
supports faculty in arts, humanities, and social sciences disciplines.
 The emphasis is on the completion of substantive works, such as
major fine art exhibitions, significant works of fiction, poetry, film,
and drama, and scholarly monographs.
 Projects are assessed based on their necessity, importance,
originality, and likelihood to have an impact on a broad academic
and/or artistic community.
 Mandatory Letters of Intent are due in October. Full proposals are
due in November. Check the RFP for specific dates and time.
BOR FOCUS: ATLAS Funding Considerations
 Funding cannot exceed $50,000 over a one-year period. A
proposal from multiple eligible faculty for a single cohesive project
may request support of not more than $50,000 per participating
faculty member.
 Salary may not exceed 50% of the applicant’s AY salary and fringe,
and leave (typically sabbatical) equivalent to the salary requested
from BOR must be guaranteed by the institution.
 Funds can be used for student assistants, publication costs,
research travel, equipment, travel related to presentations of
ATLAS-funded work and for out-of-state consultants to travel to
Louisiana to assist in project work.
Proposal Preparation
 SPA website: http://tulane.edu/asvpr/ora/index.cfm
 Provide assistance with the non-technical aspects of proposals.
 Budget development– calculate salaries, fringe benefit rates, indirect costs, etc.
 Interpret sponsor proposal guidelines.
 Provide guidance for electronic proposal submission.
 Assist with certifications and compliance issues.
 Provide institutional authorized signatures on proposals.
Award Notification/Account Set-up
 Review the award terms and conditions and negotiate with the
sponsor as necessary
 Provide institutional signatures on award agreements (note:
faculty are not authorized to sign any agreements)
 Work with Grants & Contracts Accounting to establish account
unique to your award
− A “5-ledger”, a.k.a “restricted account”
 Issue subcontracts as necessary
 Provide guidance to faculty on foreign-based projects
Post-award Administration
 Advise on and interpret sponsor’s rules and guidelines
 Review certain expenditures (e.g. salary charges, equipment,
etc.)
 Approve extensions and rebudgeting
 Submit requests for programmatic and budget changes to
sponsors
 Assist with administrative closeout of awards
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS