New to OSPA?

Welcome to the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. We are here to assist you with the grant process from proposal preparation and submission to award acceptance. The following is information that will help you to navigate this process.

WHAT does OSPA do?

•  offer grant-related workshops to faculty and students
•  provide consultation on grant proposal preparation
•  review grant proposal budgets
•  review, sign, and submit grant proposals to external agencies
•  negotiate award agreements and coordinate account set-up
•  set up subcontracts
•  handle post-award administrative matters such as budget revisions and no-cost extensions
•  administer several internal funding programs
•  administer REACH, SIUC's undergraduate research program
•  coordinate research compliances (human subjects, animal care, etc.)
•  administer centralized research support facilities
•  assist with grant audits
•  maintain a grants database and provide reports of grants activity

WHEN should I contact OSPA?

• When you have identified a Grant Program to which you wish to apply (but no later than one week before the agency deadline)
• When you plan to participate as a sub-awardee on another institution’s grant proposal (before the proposal is submitted to the funding agency)
• When you have been contacted by a potential funder to provide a research-related service (before agreeing to anything)
• If you receive a grant agreement, contract or other legally binding document to perform research for a funding agency
• When you have questions about the proposal submission and award acceptance process

WHO do I contact?

Science, Mass Communication & Media Arts, Law, Library, Business, Wildlife, Fisheries
Vanessa Sneed, Research Project Specialist, 453-4538, Woody C-213

Agricultural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Applied Sciences and Arts, Continuing Education, Graduate
School, Medicine, Dunn Richmond Center, Provost, PSO, Touch of Nature, Student Affairs
Joel Fritzler, Research Project Specialist, 453-4530, Woody C-215

Engineering, ICCI, Education
Steve Banker, Senior Research Development Specialist, 453-4540, Woody C-212

Post-Award Matters for These Units 

Sonjie Schwartz, Senior Research Development Specialist, 453-4541, Woody C-217 

Ashley Matzenbacher, Research Project Specialist, 453-4542, Woody C-216

WHY do I need OSPA?

All research universities have a central office to oversee sponsored projects (grants and contracts). Grants and contracts are legal agreements for which each university's governing board is liable; consequently, one office on campus is designated to submit grant proposals and accept grant awards on faculty members' behalf. At SIUC, that office is OSPA. Central oversight also is needed to make sure that grants and other research activities comply with federal, state, and University regulations and policies. This "compliance burden" on universities is ever-growing, and irregularities have caused serious problems in recent years for institutions ranging from the University of Minnesota to Johns Hopkins.

HOW do I find out more about OSPA?

• Find External Funding
• Find Internal Funding
• The Proposal Process
• The Award Process
• Research Compliances