Government Sponsors

Who at ORSP can help me work with my Government sponsor?

• Determine who is on your Proposal Approval Form (PAF)
• If you have not yet initiated your PAF, then contact orsp-pre-award-questions@umich.edu
• Look up an ORSP Project Representative.

Examples of Government Sponsors and what tools do I need to work with them?

See: Sponsor Specific Resources 

Federal Departments and Agencies

• Grants.gov electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies
• Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
• FedBizOpps (federal business opportunities)
• Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Agriculture, Department of (USDA)
• Commerce, Department of
• Defense, Department of
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Home
    • Conferences and Workshops
    • Funding Overview
    • Current Broad Agency Announcements [Research opportunities]
    • How to submit a proposal
    • Submitting reports
    • Research areas
    • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Army Medical Research Home Page
    • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
    • Proposal Submission
    • Announcements and Forms
  • Army Research Office Home Page
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Forms
    • Grant Terms and Conditions
    • ARL (Army Research Laboratory) Funding Opportunities
  • TACOM
    • Home
    • Contracting
  • US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
  • USAMRMC
    • Proposal Submission http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/baa_paa/baaproposal.htm
  • DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Home Page
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Grant and Cooperative Agreement Terms & Conditions
  • DTRA
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • Funding Opportunities
  • NSA
  • Naval Research Laboratory Contracting Division
    • Funding opportunities:
    • Proposal Preparation: 
    • Office of Naval Research (ONR)
    • ONR Grant and Contract Info
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Grants and Contracts Broad Area Announcements
    • Proposal Preparation
    • Navy Grant Terms and Conditions
• Education, Department of
  • Funding
• Energy, Department of [www.energy.gov]
  • Fossil Energy: Electronic Business Center
  • Office of Science Grants and Contracts Page
  • Doing Business With the DOE
  • DOE Idaho Operations Office
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • EPA Grant Opportunities
  • EPA's NCERQA office -- STAR program, fellowships, other
• Health and Human Services, Department of
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • CDC Funding
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Funding Program Guidelines (Office of Extramural Research -- OER)
  • Grants and Funding Opportunities
  • NIH Salary Cap Summary
  • NIH Guide[funding opportunity notices]
  • Grants Policy Statement
  • Award Data
  • Institutes and Centers
  • NIH Forms and Application information
  • NIH Commons
  • Staff Directory
  • Other DHHS agencies
  • FDA
  • AHRQ
  • HRSA
• Housing and Urban Development, Department of
• Interior, Department of the
• Institute of Museum Services
• Justice, Department of
• Labor, Department of
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) http://www.nasa.gov/
  • NASA Center Procurement Sites
  • NASA Acquisition Internet Service
  • Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/grcover.htm
  • Facilities and Centers http://www.nasa.gov/about/sites/
  • Nspires: Nasa external research opportunities
• National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Institutes of Health
  • (See Department of Health and Human Services above)
• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• National Partnership for Reinventing Government (formerly National Performance Review)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, January 2011
  • Grant Proposal Guide, January 2011
  • Staff Directory
  • NSF Active Funding Opportunities
  • NSF Update email alert service
  • FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration [PDF]
• National Security Agency
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• Peace Corps
• State, Department of
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and hotlist
• Smithsonian Institutions
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Transportation, Department of
• Treasury, Department of
• United States Department of Agriculture
• United States General Services Administration
• United States International Information Programs (formerly USIA); part of the Dept. of State
• U.S. Postal Service
• Veteran Affairs, Department of
• Voice of America (VOA)

Research Relations with Government Sponsors

The federal government mandates that a central unit at the University administer the initiation of sponsored activities. These administrative tasks require a professional staff with broad knowledge of the regulations of federal agencies and staff to maintain the extensive records required by federal sponsors. ORSP staff reviews proposals, negotiates agreements, and processes all awards to Finance-Sponsored Programs. 

ORSP provides support for research and other sponsored activities with state and local governments. While discussions regarding the technical work should be carried out by the project team, faculty members are not authorized to negotiate the general terms and conditions of agreements. They should refer such negotiations to ORSP.