Award administration involves a broad set of activities regarding the management of sponsored funds, compliance with federal regulations, and adherence to University policies and procedures.

Principal investigators and their administrators work closely with Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) on nonfinancial activities related to an award and with Sponsored Projects Administration and Compliance (SPAC) on financial activities. SPA/SPAC update meetings are held quarterly.

SPA and SPAC use email distribution lists to facilitate communications with department administration. To add or remove an email from your unit's distribution list, contact:

• Information Services for School of Medicine (help@som.umaryland.edu)
• Dean’s Offices for Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and part of Social Work
• Colin Hunter in CITS for School of Law, part of School of Social Work, Central Administration users

Topics

• Award receipt and account (chartstring) setup
• Award module in Kuali Research
• Budget modifications
• Changes to a project or budget
• Faculty transfers (departing faculty)
• Federal RPPR
• Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA)
• No-cost extensions
• Pre-award sponsor request ("just-in-time")
• Record retention guidelines
• Reporting
• Sponsor payments
• Temporary projects