教职员研究

澳门皇冠赌场平台 教职员工 研究

The mission of 澳门皇冠赌场平台 is to “provide a rich academic experience steeped in the liberal arts tradition. Our faculty, staff and students exhibit a passion for learning and personal growth. We are committed to ethical leadership and engagement in our local and global communities.” To fulfill this mission, a goal of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) was identified as:

“To encourage the creation of new knowledge through research and scholarly activity of faculty and advanced students.”

Sponsored programs are projects and/or activities originated and conducted by members of the faculty and staff members. 项目资金通常来自政府, but the private sector or joint academic ventures may also provide funding opportunities.

在履行其职责时, the Office of Sponsored Program serves as a liaison and facilitator among investigators, 澳门皇冠赌场平台行政管理, and funding agencies to assure the effective application for and administration of research and programmatic grants. OSP致力于以专业的方式为其成员服务. 其职责包括但不限于以下内容:

  • alerts investigators and administrative staff regarding sponsored funding opportunities
  • helps individuals with proposal preparation, interpretation of guidelines, policies and regulations
  • negotiates/mediates with funding agencies and subcontractors to reach agreements satisfactory to sponsor, faculty and the University [a shared responsibility with the Vice-President for Financial Affairs]
  • 为清楚起见, 它的评论, revises and approves proposals to comply with Fisk policies and adherence to agency guidelines
  • 艾滋病调查人员和编制预算的工作人员
  • maintains reference books and brochures describing sponsor organizations and their guidelines
  • 维护奖前提案文件, provides 管理 information regarding pending and awarded grants and contracts, 以及联邦预算和行政规则的变化
  • 获取所有应用程序签收表的授权签名
  • 复印并邮寄已填妥的申请表给相关机构
  • 通知作者收到各机构的提案
  • provides a completed copy of the proposal to the principal investigator (PI)
  • searches for grant opportunities (over a period of time) for a PI that has indicated a specific area of interest
  • comes to faculty offices to show interested individuals how to search for funding sources
  • 每学期至少出版一次时事通讯
  • 举办工作坊、研讨会等. for groups ranging in size from small interest groups (two or three faculty interested in a particular area) to a Division or entire faculty and staff
  • assists faculty in the post-award phases of grant administration including the establishment of expenditure accounts, 及时提交报告, 授予关闭权
  • 监督合同合规性(财务), 报告, 管理, 可交付成果, 及其他要求)
  • 维护和记录有关资助研究的数据

合同

合同是用于购买产品和服务的法律协议. Failure by the contractor to deliver the results anticipated or to perform the work as promised is a breach of contract with legal ramifications.

A number of government agencies and businesses utilize contracts to support and conduct basic and applied research. They may be utilized for product acquisitions that range from information or technology supplies to sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment and systems. Service acquisitions range from complex field trials to information dissemination to 管理 consulting.

合同可以作为固定价格合同授予.e., a set lump-sum payment is established in advance for performance of a specified set of tasks or delivery of a certain service (e.g.美元/分析). Payment is limited to the agreed cost multiplied by the number of units delivered.

费用偿还合同规定支付实际发生的费用, up to a maximum amount equal to the total estimated cost established when the contract was made. 有时, 如果保荐人同意这些费用，最高限额可以提高, 否则，合同将被终止.

合作协议

A cooperative agreement is a mechanism in which a sponsor works jointly with the grantees in a partner role. This source of funding may involve both the government and the grantee sharing responsibility for programmatic and/or 管理 portions of the project.

每个协议都有自己具体的合作条款. The OSP will carefully review with the investigator the details of a proposed cooperative agreement. Other aspects of cooperative agreements follow the policies applicable to grants.

奖助金

奖助金是由赞助人为达到某些一般或特定目的而给予的奖励. 尽管通常没有合同那么严格, 通常需要技术和财务报告. 助学金由包括基金会在内的许多赞助者颁发, 联邦政府的工业或机构. 奖励的金额和类型会有所不同. 许多机构提供几种类型的资助机会.

A partial list of funding sources from several federal government agencies is provided in APPENDIX A.

奖学金

A broad range of sponsors may award individual fellowships to support educational or scholarly work in specialized areas of interest. Applicants meeting the requirements to qualify for specific fellowships in specified disciplines should seek foundations, 政府机构和专业协会的资金来源.

捐款/礼物

这些是提供给大学的资金或有形财产. Generally, the donor does not receive goods or services for the donation or gift. The donor may stipulate that the contribution is to be used for a designated purpose, but detailed expenditure or technical reports are usually not required as a condition of the award. 然而, good stewardship in the form of timely acknowledgement of gifts and reports on the use of funds, 如果合适的话, 是必要的. These actions will help to build good donor relations in anticipation of future solicitation.