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Post-Award Function
The Office of Sponsored Programs Post-Award Team serves as the CMU's central authority for the non-financial administrative oversight of sponsored awards after funding is received. Post-Award provides guidance, review, monitoring, and coordination to help ensure awards are managed in accordance with sponsor requirements, regulatory obligations, and institutional policies throughout the award lifecycle.
Purpose
As an institutional internal control, the post-award team provides oversight that strengthens compliance, accountability, risk management, and effective stewardship throughout the sponsored project lifecycle. Its focus extends beyond individual projects, departments, and colleges to protect CMU as a whole by promoting consistent compliance, reducing risk, and safeguarding the university's reputation and sponsored funding portfolio.
The primary role of the post-award team is to help ensure that sponsored projects are administered in accordance with:
- Sponsor terms and conditions
- Federal, state, and private funding requirements
- Institutional policies
- Regulatory and compliance obligations
Post-award serves as a bridge between principal investigators (PIs), departments, sponsors, compliance offices, and financial administrators throughout the life of the award.
Responsibilities
The post-award team is responsible for the following non-financial aspects:
- Award administrative review
- Sponsor prior approvals and award modifications
- Non-financial compliance monitoring
- Coordination and tracking of technical and other non-financial reports
- Subaward administration and monitoring
- Interpretation of sponsor terms and conditions
- Guidance and support for principal investigators and departments
- Coordination of non-financial award closeout activities
- Risk identification and mitigation related to sponsored projects