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Sponsored Program Services

Mission

The mission of Sponsored Program Services (SPS) is to raise the research profile of the Lerner faculty by providing extraordinary support throughout the grant lifecycle. SPS strives to maintain strong relationships with faculty and department administrators to support and to promote the efficient processing of awarded projects and the responsible stewardship of sponsor’s funds.

The Lerner College is dedicated to supporting faculty research. For information on sponsored research please contact:

Maria A. Poole
Financial Analyst
Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, Office of the Dean
303G Alfred Lerner Hall
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2551
mpoole@udel.edu

What are Sponsored Program Services?

Sponsored programs are research, instruction or other scholarly, creative or service activities financed in whole or in part by external entities. Support for sponsored programs is provided through an agreement between the sponsor and University of Delaware. This agreement is negotiated and executed by the central Research Office.

Pre-award Services

Research development & proposal preparation:

Identify funding opportunities
Solicitation Review
Budget/budget justification preparation support
Cost share liaison
Subcontract liaison, risk assessment
Research Office liaison
UD grants system/other systems update
Other proposal requirements support, e.g., C&P, letters of support
Letter of Intent preparation (where applicable)
Subcontracting Plan preparation (if needed)
PI set‐up liaison: PI eligibility

Faculty & administrative training:

Lerner’s Sponsored Program Coordinator is happy to attend department/faculty meetings to briefly present on relevant grant and research topics which may include but are not limited to:

Finding Funding Opportunities
First Steps in Getting Started in Research
UDataGlance Training Document

Post-award Services

Award set‐up:

Research Office Liaison
Pre‐award purpose code set‐up (if applicable)
Award Terms & Conditions review
Prior approvals from sponsor
Sub-award monitoring plan
Reporting requirements review/set‐up

Award management ‐ general:

Budget Revision support
No‐cost extension support
Ad hoc analyses support
Sponsor ad hoc requests support
Quarterly reporting support (upload to sponsor websites)
Subcontracting Plan reporting (as needed)
Technology Control Plan coordination (as needed)

Award management – financial:

Transaction review for allowability and allocability
Monthly financial report preparation
Monthly account status review with faculty (or as needed)
Grad/post‐doc funding review and LAM allocation updates
Cost sharing tracking (as needed)
Subcontract expense tracking (as needed)
Fabrication tracking/capitalization
PI summer salary planning support and periodic review (as needed)
Effort certification review (three times/year)

Award close‐out:

After‐end‐date documentation support
Allowability documentation support
Liaison with PI for final technical report/IP issues
Cost share documentation support
Equipment inventory support

Contact Info by Department

Department Administrators serve as the first line of defense for daily post award activities and transactions. They are the experts in managing travel, purchases, students, etc. PI’s should reach out to their Department Administrators for assistance prior to contacting the Sponsored Program Coordinator.

Department ID	Department Admin	Effort Admin	Campus Phone	Email
02715 (ACCT)	Eileen Sklodowski	Eileen Sklodowski	2961	eileens@udel.edu
02712 (FINC)	Geraldine Foster	Geraldine Foster	0189	gfoster@udel.edu
02710 (BAUD)	Laura Moss	Laura Moss	4222	llmoss@udel.edu
02725 (CEEE)	Susan Sherry	Susan Sherry	0294	sesherry@udel.edu
02720 (ECON)	Alexa Bowman	Alexa Bowman	2565	aabowman@udel.edu
03365 (HRIM)	Janet Caruccio	Janet Caruccio	6181	caruccio@udel.edu
02701 (BUEC)	Michelle Spradling	Michelle Spradling	8163	msprad@udel.edu
02709 (WCCG)	Nicole Rich	Nicole Rich	6157	nrich@udel.edu