Roles and responsibilities for UNCG Research Administrative Support Staff, Central Office Administrators and Faculty

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Agrees to all terms & conditions as they relate to performance clauses (frequency of technical reports, special professional staff hourly reporting, deliverables, & conditions of termination)✔️
Accepts awards on behalf of UNCGOSP
Approves compliance protocolsORCI
Approves payment of subawardee invoices✔️
Approves substantive modifications & re-budgeting✔️OSP/C&G
Assures & provides documentation of certification & representations to sponsor✔️OSP
Assures appropriateness, reasonableness & allowability of expenditures✔️C&G
Assures compliance with federal regulations regarding financial disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI)✔️ORCI
Assures compliance with federal regulations regarding Export ControlsOSP/ORCI
Assures compliance with Responsible Conduct of Research✔️✔️OSP/ORCI
Assures proposed project has qualified personnel & adequate space✔️
Assures proposed project is appropriate & in-line with departmental & institutional mission✔️✔️
Assures timely resolution of fund overdrafts✔️✔️
Completes interim reports as required by sponsor✔️OSP/C&G
Completes internal award documents (i.e. Assumption of Risk)✔️
Completes Proposal Approval Document & as appropriate, other attachments & routes all forms for electronic signatures in Cayuse✔️
Develops initial budget draft to accomplish proposed scope of work✔️
Documents cost sharing funds as required✔️
Drafts, negotiates and administers all subawardsOSP
Ensures investigators are submitting protocols to appropriate compliance committee(s)✔️
Ensures subawardee is in compliance with A-133✔️OSP/C&G
Establishes award funds in accordance with award documentationC&G
Files appropriate close-out documentsOSP/C&G
Initiates and encumbers personnel transactions✔️
Initiates request for re-budgeting and cost transfers✔️
Initiates requests for subawards✔️
Maintains award data in CayuseOSP
Maintains proposal pending files in CayuseOSP
Maintains security clearances for faculty & staffORE
Manages the personnel activity reporting systemC&G
Negotiates award terms & conditions (publication restrictions, indemnification, intellectual property, governing law, payment terms, financial reporting requirements)OSP
Negotiates material transfer, confidentiality agreements, & intellectual propertyOSP
Negotiates sponsored research agreementsOSP
Participates in negotiations when technical reports are incomplete & deliverables are unacceptable to sponsorOSP
Prepare Technical Proposal✔️
Prepares & submits protocols for research involving human subjects, animal use, and biosafety hazards✔️
Prepares & submits to sponsor financial reports & final invoices as requiredC&G
Prepares final version of proposal as required by the sponsor✔️
Prepares technical reports & provides other deliverables as required✔️
Provides authorized UNCG signatureOSP
Provides documentation for cost sharing✔️
Provides oversight of sponsored project administration including the review of cost transfers & effort reporting✔️✔️C&G
Reconciles any revenue shortfalls✔️C&G
Requests & documents approval for cost sharing as requiredOSP
Requests no-cost time extensions✔️OSP
Responds to close-out questionnaire✔️OSP/C&G
Responsible for the receipt & the safe guarding of classified material✔️✔️
Revenue collection (invoicing, letter of credit draw-downs, wire transfers, etc)C&G
Reviews & approves all cost transfersC&G
Reviews & approves requests for no-cost time extensionsOSP
Reviews & approves required & voluntary cost sharingOSP
Reviews & reports cost sharing efforts to sponsorC&G
Reviews budget for appropriated salaries, fringes, tuition, indirect, & escalationsOSP
Reviews expenditures in restricted budget categoriesC&G
Reviews requests for proposals for institutional compliance✔️OSP
Reviews requests for proposals for technical requirements
Submits & tracks all invoices (no matter who prepares for payment)C&G
Submits proposals as dictated by the instructions to OSP in the general information or application notes in CayuseOSP
Submits proposal to OSP 5 days in advance of sponsor deadline in Cayuse✔️
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