Welcome to Sponsored Projects Administration

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***5/17/2012 - Important SPA Deadlines for ARC Transition

3/15/2012 - Revised SPA Guidance on new HHS Salary Cap and Inflation

2/14/2012 - NIH Salary Cap FAQs

1/20/2012 - NIH issues official announcement (NOT-OD-12-035) regarding decrease in salary cap from $199,700 to $179,700! 

1/20/2012 - NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards FY 2012 (NOT-OD-12-036) - Non-competing awards will be issued without cost of living/inflationary adjustments in FY 2012.  Read this announcement for several other important details.

1/20/2012 - NIH issues FY2012 NRSA Stipend Levels (NOT-OD-12-033)

1/20/2012 - Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY2012 (NOT-OD-12-034) - to provide information on the statutory provisions that limit the use of funds on NIH grant, cooperative agreement, and contract awards for FY2012. 

Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), formerly Research Administration, serves as a central resource to support the research community at Columbia University by providing guidance and stewardship for the researchers and administrators on all campuses.

Our mission is to provide excellent administrative support to investigators in their pursuit of research and other scholarly activities while ensuring compliance with federal, University and private sponsor regulations, terms and conditions.

SPA operates through delegation of authority from the University Board of Trustees as a unit of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.

SPA offers a wide range of services including:

  • Review and submission of proposals
  • Award negotiation and acceptance
  • Account setup
  • Subcontract issuance and negotiations
  • Sponsor communications during the life cycle of the award
  • Award close-out (non-financial)
  • Sponsored project data collection and reporting
  • Grants education

Throughout this site you will see references to the Sponsored Projects Handbook, a reference guide to sponsored projects created by Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Sponsored Projects Finance (SPF), Office of the Controller.

 

Go to The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research