Grant funding is the driving force behind VBRI’s cutting-edge research and innovation. As competition for research funding continues to intensify globally, robust administrative support empowers investigators to concentrate on their groundbreaking work and craft compelling research proposals. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) serves as a vital partner in this journey, offering comprehensive guidance, reviews, and institutional endorsement during proposal development and submission; award negotiation, acceptance, management, and compliance monitoring throughout the active funding period; and thorough coordination for project closeouts.

Post-Award Services

• Receive, negotiate and process awards including, grants, contracts, subaward agreements, and industry-sponsored clinical trials
• Project set-up oversight
• Subrecipient monitoring
• Draft, negotiate, and execute outgoing subawards
• Institutional reporting of proposal and award data
• Provide oversight of award budgets in partnership with Research Finance
• Create post-award forms and processes to maintain federal compliance for cost-transfers, salary effort, invoice payments, and more
• Interpret award terms and conditions, policies, and guidelines
• Monitor research compliance issues