A&S Grants Office

The Arts and Science Grants Office serves as a liaison between A&S faculty and the pre- and post-award staff of the Office of Sponsored Program Administration (OSPA) with regard to proposal submission and post-award oversight and administration.

Pre-Award Services

Proposal services

Assist faculty with electronic submissions through Grants.gov and NSF FastLane.
Complete agency face sheet.
Assist in budget development and form completion.
Complete current and pending support page for Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s), if applicable.
Format biographical sketches.
Assist in completion of other business forms as dictated by sponsoring agency.

Internal processing services

Request DeptID from OSPA for those departments that want to submit a proposal, but may not have a DeptID.
Enter proposal information into the PeopleSoft Financial Production database.
Complete Financial Disclosure forms as applicable.
Coordinate with department faculty and staff in obtaining appropriate signatures on all applicable forms (internal and external).
Review proposals for completeness and ensure that compliance documents (i.e., human subjects, animals, etc.) have been completed and/or filed.
Compile and copy proposals via campus Quick Copy.
Submit proposals to the appropriate OSPA satellite office.

Post-Award Services

Serve as primary contact for award notification.
Coordinate with department staff in verifying DeptIDs at time of award notification and communicate that information to appropriate OSPA satellite office.
Distribute award information to appropriate department faculty and staff.
Create fiscal records, track expenditures, and review project chartfields for fiscal compliance.
Coordinate with department staff in processing PAFs for grant staff.
Assist department staff in reconciling grant budgets and distribute monthly reports to appropriate department faculty and staff as applicable.
Maintain project financial files as applicable.
Coordinate in-kind (cost-sharing) documentation with department staff.
Monitor project chartfield for budget revisions and prepare re-budget requests when necessary.
Prepare fiscal reports as needed for A&S Dean's Office.
Coordinate with department faculty in preparing no-cost time extension requests as appropriate.
Coordinate with department staff to prepare transactions as needed to close a project chartfield.
Train department faculty in accessing and reading their grant budget reports.
Review monthly cost-sharing documentation to ensure that it's being allocated properly and within the time-frame of the grant project.
Receive, distribute, and collect Effort Verification Reports (EVRs) for the College. Assist department staff in obtaining signatures.

A&S Grants Office Contact

Tyeece Little
Coordinator, A&S Grants Office
107 Tucker Hall
573-882-1846
littlet@missouri.edu