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The Office of Sponsored Programs handles all pre-award, award negotiation, and non-financial post-award activities for sponsored programs for all of Emory University, with the exception of direct industry-sponsored clinical trials. The following OSP teams provide central research administration support under the following structure. 

The OSP Grants Team handles proposals, just-in-time, and awards for:

  • Federal Grants
  • Foundation Grants
  • Corporate Grants (to formal grant programs)
  • Incoming Subcontracts which utilize an unmodified FDP Template
  • STTR/SBIR Proposals (at the proposals stage only)

The OSP Contracts Team comprises two groups (the Non-industry Contracting Group and the Industry Contracting Group) and handles all RFP proposals, contracts and awards for:

  • Government Contracts (Federal, State, and Local) [NICG]
  • Incoming Subcontracts under Grants and Contracts with non-industry prime sponsors [NICG]
  • Industry / Corporate Contracts and Agreements, for activities other than clinical trials [ICG]
  • STTR/SBIR Agreements [ICG]
  • Incoming Subcontracts under Industry Contracts (all) [ICG]
  • Outgoing Subcontracts on Industry Contracts, other than clinical trials [ICG]

 The OSP Subawards Team handles outgoing subawards and subcontracts under:

  • Federal Grants
  • Foundation Grants
  • Corporate Grants (to formal grant programs)
  • Government Contracts (Federal, State, and Local)

The Woodruff Industry Sponsored Clinical studies office handles (for all departments except Pediatrics):

  • Confidential Disclosure Agreements for industry-sponsored CTAs
  • Standard Industry CTAs (industry-written protocol and funding), including Master Agreements
  • Investigator-initiated CTAs funded by an industry sponsor
  • Outgoing subawards on above portfolio of industry-funded CTAs
  • MTAs/DUAs related to industry clinical trials
  • Registry/Chart Review studies (may come under the title of Research Agreement) with industry sponsors
  • Compassionate Use Agreements/Expanded Access Agreements from industry sponsors