The University of San Francisco: Office of Sponsored Projects
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Austin Gajewski collecting samples in Antarctica under the guidance of NSF-funded Professor/Researcher Deneb Karentz.
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Undergraduate researchers with Claire Castro/William Karney present posters on their work at regional and national conferences. Project funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Undergraduate researchers with Claire Castro/William Karney present posters on their work at regional and national conferences. Project funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Teacher Resident, Carrie Sanderson, at work in the classroom under the guidance of Prof. Peter Williamson. Projects funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education and AmeriCorps.
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USF students Carolyn Tu and Cendy Valle Osegura harvesting cells in centrifuge in the NIH-funded lab of Prof. Juliet Spencer.

Who We Are

What does the Office of Contracts and Grants do?

  • Assist in the identification of grants
  • Review proposal guidelines with you
  • Contact funding agencies for information
  • Provide abstracts of successful grants
  • Provide information to demonstrate institutional capability to the funding agency
  • Provide appropriate information to use in calculating the proposal budget
  • Assist in developing budgets in the format required by the funding agency
  • Review and explain agency required forms
  • Liaise between USF and partnering institutions/organizations to obtain and/or provide required documents for a proposal
  • Upload your proposal into grants.gov
  • Conduct a final review of your proposal for compliance, adherence to agency and university guidelines and budget accuracy
  • Submit your proposal and confirm receipt
  • Prepare subawards to partner institutions
  • Submit financial and program reports
  • Revise grant budgets
  • Request extensions from funding agencies

What DOESN'T the Office of Contracts and Grants do?

  • Write grant proposals
  • Magic: All proposals must be uploaded online or submitted to OCG at least 5 work days prior to the deadline of the funding agency. Because most proposals are submitted online, it may take up to 24 hours to receive confirmation of the submission from the agency or funder.

Please contact the Office of Contracts and Grants if you are interested in preparing a proposal for submission.  We look forward to working with you!

OCG Main Number -- x5203.

Laurie Treleven, Director -- x5368

Lynne Coulson, Senior Grants Accountant -- x5222

Joan Crook, Pre-Award Research Administrator -- x6921