Manage Project

As CMU's central authority for the non-financial administrative oversight of sponsored awards, the Office of Sponsored Programs Post-Award Team provides guidance, review, monitoring, and coordination to help ensure awards are managed in accordance with sponsor requirements, regulatory obligations, and institutional policies during the project management phase.

Post-Award is here to assist by:

• Clearly identifying the roles and responsibilities of Principal Investigators (PIs), project teams, and Post-Award staff
• Serving as a bridge between PIs, CMU partnering offices, sponsors, compliance offices, and financial administrators throughout the life of the award
• Reviewing and processing changes to awarded projects, including obtaining approval from sponsors when necessary
• Helping PIs and project teams understand and access the information available in Cayuse SP and updating the Award shell when appropriate
• Communicating sponsor regulation or agency changes to project teams
• Providing guidance, resources, and tools for successful award management

As Post-Award develops more resources and tools, our website will continue to improve. Please reference OSP’s website regularly as the office continues to work on this initiative.

Additional Post-Award resources

• Grant Manager's Handbook - this document provides basic procedures, rules, and requirements for the management of sponsor funds on CMU grants and contracts.
• Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200) - federal cost principles for educational institutions from the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Decision Flow Chart for Sponsored Project Costs - this document is a useful guide for routine decision-making regarding the appropriateness of project expenses. Project personnel should always consult ORSP if there are allowability questions prior to making the purchase.