Sponsored Projects Administration

Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) provides both pre and post award services to the Tulane University research community. SPA maintains listservs through which it targets Tulane faculty working in broad disciplinary areas for upcoming funding opportunities and internal competitions. At the proposal stage SPA staff work with faculty and departmental administrators to assist with budget development, interpret sponsor guidelines, file required compliance documents and provide authorized institutional approvals through signatures or the electronic proposal submission process.

SPA also reviews all awards made to Tulane University and if necessary, engages in fiscal and business negotiations with sponsors to ensure compliance with university policies and federal regulations. SPA staff are authorized to execute research agreements (i.e. contracts, subcontracts, cooperative agreements, clinical trial agreements, etc.) and issue all required subagreements to collaborating institutions when required. Additionally, certain administrative and fiscal compliance requirements associated with the post-award and close-out phases of sponsored projects are administrated by this office.

INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR INVESTIGATORS:

• Video & PowerPoint Slides from the August 17th, 2021 Faculty Orientation
• Disclosures of Outside Interests and Research from the December 3, 2021 Tulane University Roundtable
• COVID-19 Pandemic  Sponsored Projects Administration is fully functional and operating at normal capacity.
  • Tulane FAQs for Federal Grant Applicants and Award Recipients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • The AHA announced that its collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Labs on the protein atlas developed through the AHA Center for Accelerated Discovery is being leveraged to help speed discovery of therapeutic antibodies or antiviral drugs for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A searchable data portal is now available.
  • Sponsor Guidance for federal applicants and grantees during the COV-19 pandemic:
    • NIH https://grants.nih.gov/grants/natural_disasters/corona-virus.htm
      • Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding Related to COVID-19
      • NIH FAQs: COVID-19 Flexibilities for Applicants and Recipients
    • NSF:  https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus/
    • NEA: https://www.arts.gov/coronavirus
    • NEH: https://www.neh.gov/news/information-neh-and-covid-19
    • DOE: https://www.energy.gov/coronavirus-hub
      • DOE Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17
    • DoEd: https://www.ed.gov/coronavirus?src=feature
    • DOJ:  Sends you to CDC: https://www.coronavirus.gov/
    • OMB: Sends you to CDC; https://www.coronavirus.gov/
    • LaBOR: https://regents.la.gov/covid19-response/
    • DOD: https://basicresearch.defense.gov/COVID-19/Frequently-Asked-Questions/
    • AFOSR: https://afresearchlab.com/afosr-covid
    • AHRQ:  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-20-010.html
    • NOAA: https://www.noaa.gov/organization/acquisition-grants/news/health-and-safety-information-for-financial-assistance
    • CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/grants/public-health-emergencies/covid-19/flexibilities-available-applicants-recipients/index.html
    • NASA: “SMD FAQ on Grants and Research during the COVID-19 Epidemic” - link: https://science.nasa.gov/science-red/s3fs-public/atoms/files/NASACOVIDFAQ033120.pdf
    • NASA: "COVID-19 and Federal Financial Assistance" - Link: https://science.nasa.gov/science-red/s3fs-public/atoms/files/COVID-19%20and%20Federal%20Financial%20Assistance.pdf