SPAC is divided into Teams which provide customer service to the campus units. Each Team is responsible for providing collaborative and advisory post award management and financial oversight of Sponsored Projects to department administrators, researchers and other University units. This includes award set-up through closeout, award spending, managing billing and collections, financial reporting and ensuring that all aspects are in compliance with the sponsor and university policies.
Sponsored Projects Accounting and Compliance
Our Teams
Administration Team
Description of this team
Full Administrative TeamSetup Team
Contact: spacsetup@umaryland.edu
The setup team processes all awards, continuations, no cost extensions( NEC) etc. for awards that have changes to its initial or after the fact project basis or budget structure.
Full Setup TeamBilling Team
Non- Fed Contact: billnonfed@umaryland.edu
Fed Contact: billfed@umaryland.edu
VMS Contact: billvms@umaryland.edu
SPAC billing team is broken down into 3 main areas: Non- Fed, Fed and VMS
All Billing TeamsQuality Assurance FFR Reporting Team
Contact: spacffr@umaryland.edu
The FFR Team – also known as Quality Assurance now handles all awards that have a billing basis of LOC and a source of 315.
Quality Assurance/FFR Reporting TeamCollections and Accounts Rec (CAR) Team
Contact: spaccollections@umaryland.edu
This department manages sponsor-related financial transactions, including processing payments, setting up ACH or vendor forms, and responding to invoice and W-9 requests. They also handle dunning communications, apply payments, and coordinate sponsor payment plans.
Collections and Accounts Receivable (CAR) TeamsCost Analysis and Compliance Team
Contact: effort@umaryland.edu
The Costing and Compliance department is tasked with ensuring that these guidelines, along with university policies are adhered too.
Costing and Compliance TeamContact
Sponsored Projects Accounting and Compliance
220 Arch St.
Room 02-125
Baltimore, MD 21201
For information, please contact Nathan Hollaway at nhollaway@umaryland.edu. Visit Administration and Finance for a full list of related offices.