Each sponsored project award comes with a unique set of terms and conditions, which may range from entirely flexible to quite restrictive.
The OSP Awards team is responsible for reviewing the award documents and negotiating the terms and conditions attached to an award as needed. The goals in negotiation are:
- to protect the project and PD/PI publication and intellectual property rights; to protect the institution against harmful or unmanageable stipulations; and
- to ensure the terms and conditions of the agreement are consistent with state and federal regulations as well as University requirements.
Award Finalization
Once an award has been finalized and signed by the university, there are many award-specific duties for which the PD/PI is responsible. These include:
- submitting scientific or programmatic reports
- properly acknowledging the sponsor and funding source in publications
- maintaining training credentials and certifications
- reporting issues of non-compliance, and
- monitoring the performance of any subrecipients and contractors on the award.
The awards packet is intended to outline and highlight specific aspects of the award, including the form of the payment, OSP contacts, important terms and conditions, and compliance requirements. Compliance sections will include obligations, resource links, and page numbers of the outlined section within the attached award document. This will allow the PD/PIs to navigate the award document and read the applicable required sections.
While the award packet is intended to provide an overview of the important award details, PD/PIs should still review the entire award agreement or award document. PD/PIs must sign their award packet prior to UNO’s institutional signature to acknowledge that they understand their responsibilities as directors of the sponsored project award.
The signed awards packet will be uploaded into NuRamp for the project team to download and review throughout the lifecycle of the project as a reference.