SPAC Team

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. 

Admin Team

Administration Team

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Administrative Team
Setup Team

Setup 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 Team
Billing Team

Billing Team

Non-Federal Contact: billnonfed@umaryland.edu

Federal Contact: billfed@umaryland.edu

Volume_Milestones_Schedule Contact: billvms@umaryland.edu

SPAC billing team is broken down into 3 main areas: Non- Fed, Fed and VMS

All Billing Teams

Quality 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 Team
CAR Team

Collections and Accounts Receivable (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) Teams
Costing and Compliance Team

Cost 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 Team