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Responsibilities
OGCS is the central administrative office responsible for authorizing and submitting proposals for extramural funding; negotiating and accepting awards; authorizing the establishment of sponsored project accounts; and providing administrative oversight of funded projects once an award has been made.

Pre-Award Responsibilities
The Office of Grant and Contract Services facilitates sponsored projects and other programs between the University community and external sponsors such as federal, state and local governments, and private-sector sponsors such as foundations and corporations. OGCS is responsible for assisting principal investigators in identifying and responding to funding opportunities; reviewing and assuring compliance with sponsor and university requirements (including fiscal and non-fiscal compliance areas); submitting applications and proposals on behalf of the University; supporting large interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and/or multi-institutional collaborations; interpreting the regulations of state and federal agencies and private sponsors; and clarifying University policies and procedures for faculty and sponsors. OGCS also is responsible for accepting awards and has the responsibility to negotiate awards that protect the rights of faculty, staff, and students to use, publish and otherwise disseminate the results of their creative activities, and that comply with university and sponsor laws, regulations, and policies, including those of the state and federal government.

Post-Award Responsibilities
OGCS is responsible for authorizing the establishment of sponsored project accounts (using account numbers provided by Sponsored Project Services), and notifying the principal investigator, department or unit chair, dean and/or director, and budget manager of the activation and any subsequent modifications. Other post-award administrative responsibilities include issuing sub-awards to collaborators, providing institutional authorization for modifications subject to expanded authorities, and working with the sponsor as well as offices and departments within the University to administer other modifications. OGCS also has primary responsibility for working with principal investigators and sponsors to resolve technical and administrative compliance issues, and for negotiating early project termination, including both awards and sub-awards. OGCS works with SPS to ensure that all required reports are submitted, including technical and final reports and invention reports, with SPS having primary responsibility for financial and property reports.