In addition to negotiating external funding agreements, OSP negotiates many other types of agreements as a service to faculty investigators. If OSP isn’t authorized to handle a particular agreement, we can direct you to someone who is.
Other Agreement Procedures
| Steps | Responsible Office or Person | Timeline |
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Email unoawards@unomaha.edu to initiate an agreement and include any other party contact person information |
PI or Dept Business Staff | Immediately upon identifying need for agreement |
| Log request in OSP's internal tracking queue | Contracts & Awards Team |
1-2 business days |
| Compliance review and approval (as applicable) | UNeMed, Research Compliance, Environmental Health & Safety (as applicable) | 5-7 business days |
| Review and negotiate terms and conditions as needed | Contracts & Awards Team | 7-12 business days for standard agreements. Non-standard agreements may take up to 15-30 days to negotiate. |
| Obtain signatures | Contracts & Awards Team | Within 2 business days of receipt of negotiated or signed agreement. Time may vary depending on the other party response. |
| After signatures are obtained the fully executed copy will be distributed to the PI and other relevant parties. | Contracts & Awards Team | 1-2 business days |