ORSP engages with faculty and staff across U-M’s schools and colleges on all three campuses, as well as external sponsors, to support the administration of sponsored research. ORSP is organized into four teams based on functional area to support sponsored projects: 

Pre-Award Team
Reviews proposals according to deadline policy, sponsor guidelines, regulations and institutional policies; submits proposals; serves as the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) for post-submission requests such as Just-In-Time (JIT).

Contracts Team
Reviews and negotiates agreements, as well as modifications. Examples of agreements include nondisclosure agreements, data use agreements, clinical trial agreements, and funded agreements related to sponsored projects. The Contracts Team is organized into a funded agreement team, unfunded agreement team, and clinical trial agreement team.

Award Management Team
Handles non-financial post-award management of sponsored projects, serving as the AOR for post-award activities. Responsibilities include processing hardships, award acceptance, change requests, modifications, progress reports, close-outs and representing the institution in interactions with sponsors.

Sponsored Projects Coordination Team
Ensures the efficient and accurate processing of activities and data that support sponsored project administration. The team validates and records data, establishes electronic records, initiates workflows in the electronic system, and triages emails submitted to ORSP. The team also routes sponsor and other external communications to the appropriate ORSP team for follow-up.

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