Serving you throughout the award life cycle
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) engages in the award life cycle from the time a funding source is identified to the close-out of a grant or award. In fiscal year 2021, OSP opened 672 new grants and provided oversight for MSU's $193 million in research expenditures.
Categories of Assistance
Contact OSP if you are a faculty, staff, or student who is interested in the following services:
- Locating funding for a project
- Submitting a grant proposal
- Reviewing successful proposal samples (or having your grant reviewed)
- Attending grant and research related training and workshops
- Getting help with compliance issues:
- Human subjects
- Use of animals
- Controlled substances
- Setting up your grant account
- Understanding your fiscal and managerial responsibilities as PI
- Learning about or getting assistance with budgetary items
- Managing research expenditures, including invoicing and reporting
- Asking questions about your grant-funded project
- Transferring a grant from another institution
- Closing out your grant successfully
The life of a grant is a circular, recurring process. It begins with the first item listed below and then begins again.
- Idea generation
- Finding funding
- Proposal development
- Proposal submission
- Management of award
- Dissemination of results/publications
- Close-out of grant
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