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The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) at UNC-Chapel Hill provides control of the administrative and financial aspects of sponsored research and maintains consistency with the University's mission to acquire and disseminate knowledge. OSP is established in adherence with the UNC System Office policies governing sponsored research (Chapter 500).

This operating standard establishes the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) as the designated division responsible for accepting, administrating, negotiating, and managing sponsored awards on behalf of the University.

An awareness of the co-dependent relationship between departments and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) underscores the significant impact each has in producing accurate, timely reports to sponsors and helps maximize expenditures efficiently. This operating standard provides common protocols for maintaining sponsored award accounts that uphold the integrity of research at the University.

The purpose of this standard is to reinforce the prohibition on administrative communications with sponsors without involvement by a central office.

The purpose of this standard is to document the Federal and University requirements for tuition remission costs on sponsored projects.

This operating standard defines Institutional Base Salary (IBS) for sponsored research projects and effort reporting purposes. The University is committed to ensuring that personal compensation charges on sponsored projects are based on an individual’s IBS consistent with the requirements of Federal regulation 2 CFR §200.

This operating standard establishes the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) as the institutional authorized signatory to enter into legal commitments regarding sponsored research support on behalf of the University.

This operating standard establishes the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) as the designated division responsible for accepting, administrating, negotiating, and managing sponsored awards on behalf of the University.

The term sponsored research can be defined as University research that receives funding from an external source or a "sponsor." While that is a very simple definition, sponsored research encompasses much more, including considerations that may affect the University financially and legally. Therefore, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is not the only office concerned with elements of sponsored research and projects; however, it is considered the central, definitive resource.

This operating standard establishes the internal deadline for providing Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO), and the Office of Clinical Trials (OCT) with completed proposals and any other materials required for submission to the sponsor.

Management of sponsored research is a combined effort of the University of North Carolina System Office (UNC-SO), the University proper, the sponsors that provide their support to research efforts at the University, and the Principal Investigators (PIs) who spearhead the research itself. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) considers the policies, regulations, and requirements issued by State, University, and Federal offices for every individual sponsored research project.

This procedure details the steps to request and reconcile prepaid cards related to a sponsored project.

This operating standard defines and emphasizes the actions necessary for completing budget revisions to sponsored accounts.

The Research Administration unit in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) delineates specific tasks regarding award establishment and financial administration to maintain accurate, current award records, and other requirements of sponsored program management, as mandated by Federal, State, and University regulations.

Financial reporting is significantly important to assist the University in avoiding non-compliance issues. This operating standard defines the responsibilities of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) in partnership with the Principal Investigators (PIs), Departmental Administrators (DAs), and sponsoring agencies, in order to cultivate positive relationships with sponsors for continued support for research at the University.