About Us

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) serves a dual role of facilitating and promoting the research and sponsored projects mission of °µÍøÊÓÆµwhile protecting the institution by maintaining compliance related to fraud, waste, and abuse. We assist faculty and staff throughout the life cycle of external funding, with services provided through Pre-Award and Post-Award functions. Our offices are located on the 3rd floor of the 1901 Bragaw building, Suite 368. Pre-Award staff can be reached at uaa_preaward@alaska.edu and Post-Award Staff can be reached at uaa_postaward@alaska.edu

Pre-Award offers these services:

  • Provide information about potential federal, state and private sources of funding
  • Assistance in the development of high-quality proposals that meet sponsor criteria
  • Assistance with proposal preparation
  • Assistance with budget preparation
  • Working with faculty and staff to solve pre-award problems before proposals are submitted to agencies
  • Providing training to faculty and staff on pre-award regulations and policies
  • Acting as liaison between the university and sponsors
  • Providing final °µÍøÊÓÆµauthorization on all proposals submitted to sponsors

OSP Review:

OSP is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state and university regulations/policies related to research and external funding of sponsored projects. These areas of compliance include but are not limited to:

  • Biohazards/Chemical Hazards (redirects to Office of Integrity and Compliance website)
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • IACUC - Animal Care and Use (redirects to Office of Integrity and Compliance website)
  • Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (redirects to Office of Technology Commercialization website)
  • IRB-Human Subjects (redirects to Office of Integrity and Compliance website)
  •  (redirects to U.S. Government Publishing Office website)
  • Principal Investigator Eligibility
  • Roles and Responsibilities of PI's-
    • The Principal Investigator is the primary individual in charge of a research grant, cooperative agreement, training or public service project, contract or other sponsored project.
    • The Principal Investigator confirms that the entire proposal meets the requirements outlined in the Request For Proposals (RFP). 
    • The Principal Investigator prepares the technical proposal and may collaborate with others in its preparation.
    • The Principal Investigator identifies the need for subawards.
    • The Principal Investigator prepares or directly supervises the preparation of the categorized budget and its justification.
    • The Principal Investigator obtains a Facilities and Administrative Cost Waiver, if necessary.
    • The Principal Investigator identifies required match or cost-sharing sources to comply with agency requirements.
    • The Principal Investigator obtains the appropriate forms from the IRB, IACUC, or Hazardous Materials Biosafety Forms, if necessary.
  • (redirects to UA Statewide website)
  •  (redirects to UA Statewide website)
  • °µÍøÊÓÆµUniform Proposal Review Policy

Post-Award offers these services:

  • Awards, cooperative agreements, and contracts negotiation and acceptance
  • Awards accounts setup and oversight
  • Sub-contracts negotiation and initiation
  • Sponsor billing invoices processing, and bills posting
  • Technical and financial reports management and effort certification
  • Award modifications and changes negotiation and filing
  • Closing awards
  • Policy and regulatory auditing of the research expenditure financial management to ensure financial compliance and integrity
  • Responding to statewide and external audits requests