Office of Sponsored Programs



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Office of Sponsored Programs Mission

The mission of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is to provide the Rowan University faculty with relevant information and guidance for the submission of quality proposals to federal, state, and industrial sponsors, and to provide effective stewardship of awarded funds. Post-award (grant accounting) functions have been added to the OSP. Please see the links below for further information on the reorganization and staffing functions.

Roles of OSP Staff
OSP Staff

Institutional Data Sheet, including UPDATED FY13-15 Fringe and F&A Rates. Rate Agreements can be found on the Research Forms page.

Required Paperwork

A two-page “Proposal Planning Form” must be completed by the Principal Investigator (PI), printed, signed by the PI, the PI’s Chair, and the PI’s Dean and submitted to OSP within FIVE DAYS of the sponsor’s deadline. Note: The College of Science & Mathematics requires this form to be submitted to the Dean fifteen working days before sponsor's submission deadline (or seven working days before, if new equipment or space are NOT requested).

Intent to Propose Form
Proposal Planning Form

Recent OSP Developments

NEW February 2013 - Changes to NIH Public Access Policy Compliance Efforts Apply to All Awards with Anticipated Start Dates on or after July 1, 2013

NEW January 2013 - Effective retroactively from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, fringe rates are as follows:
Full-time: 45.35%
Part-time: 7.65%

January 2013- The Office of Sponsored Programs and University Advancement offer weekly educational workshops. View the schedule and synopses here.

November 2012- In 2013, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin to block the renewal of grant awards in cases where journal publications arising from the award do not comply with its open-access rule. In order to avoid disruptions to your NIH awards, please ensure that your publications include the PMC reference number (PMCID) when citing applicable papers. Instructions on how to cite can be found here.

The official NIH annnouncement can be viewed here. You can also view the original open-access publication policy here.

July 2012- A new overhead rate and base is in effect starting July 1, 2012. Information and current rates can be found here.