OSP Award Kick-off Meetings are a Success!

OSP has been holding mandatory Award Kick-off meetings for new awards since the fall.  These meetings have received positive feedback from our PIs and staff.  Those with multiple awards have shared that having these meetings have provided summaries of each award to better administer the terms and conditions.  These Award Kick-off Meetings also allow the PIs the opportunity to meet with OSP representatives from Pre-Award, Grants & Contracts, and Post-Award, to review various award topics such as:

• Roles & Responsibilities
• Terms and conditions of the award
• Reporting requirements – technical and financial
• Sub-award requirements - monitoring and invoice review/approval
• Items requiring prior sponsor approval - changes in scope or budget
• Invoicing - needed forms and transaction documentation
• Cost Share requirements - tracking and documentation
• Closeout procedures – finalizing expenditures and timelines

As the requirements of each award are different depending on the funding source, OSP recognizes that these meetings will be helpful to all parties to improve communication, streamline processes and procedures, and to ensure that all have a thorough and clear understanding of the expectations and responsibilities.