This page provides resources assist you in the financial management, subaward oversight, and reporting of your award.
Start Here: Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines
Basic guide from Sponsored Projects Accounting on the management of federal and non-federal funds.
Start Here: Workday – Quick Start Guide
Get started with the Workday system for management of funds and human resources.
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Award Management Tools
Resources, guides, and tools by financial topic for your sponsored project.
Guides to common costs on your sponsored fund
Learn about common expenses on sponsored funds and their management.
Manage and monitor subrecipients on your sponsored funds
Learn about best practices and procedures for monitoring the subaward institutions, consultants, and contractors on your fund.
Tracking institutional funds pledged as cost share on your grant
Learn about annual and final reporting , how to request fund carryover, and preparations for closing out your grant.
Standard guidelines for managing sponsored funds
Find federal and institutional guidelines regarding the management of grants and contracts.
Tax Topics
Includes information about:
- Gifts, prizes and awards
- Sales Tax
- Foreign vendor payments
- Relocation expenses
Travel on Sponsored Funds
Charging travel costs to external funds
- Traveling on Sponsored Funds
- See “Travel and Related Expenses” section of the Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines
- Registry – Mandatory for international trips
Uniform Guidance (UG)
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
Resources for the management of your project
Access WU Offices and other resources for managing your research award.
McKelvey Human Resources
Locate McKelvey-specific HR policies and procedures.
McKelvey Industry Relations
The Office of Industry Relations can help your organization make connections, facilitate relationships, and engage with world-class faculty and students.
- Kelli Delfosse, Director, Industry Relations/Career Engagement
Office of Research Integrity & Ethics (ORIE)
Provides programmatic resources for: Individual and Institutional Conflicts of Interest, Human Stem Cell Research, Research Integrity and Authorship Standards , Human Research Quality Assurance and Improvement, Institutional Animal Care and Use.
Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS)
Proposals must be submitted through the OSRS for review and signature by an institutional official prior to submission to the funding agency.
Responsible for:
- Reviewing proposals prior to submission to funding agencies
- Establishing and maintaining accounts for funded projects
- Issuing outgoing subawards via the SUBSystem on SPA funds
- Reviewing and processing documents and letters for submission to funding agencies
Office of Technology Management
Mission: Pair cutting-edge WU research with expertise and exceptional service in order to create a pipeline of opportunities that can benefit society.
OTM acts as a resource for faculty in the areas of copyrights; patent prosecution; material transfer agreements; consulting agreements; marketing; licensing
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Explore University-wide research policies, procedures, operations, support infrastructure, and educational programs, including grant submissions, contract negotiation, export controls, the responsible conduct of research, etc.
Research Infrastructure Services
RIS provides research technology services including data storage, a scientific compute platform, research applications, and controlled unclassified information (CUI).
Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA)
Financial intermediary between sponsors of research and Washington University in St. Louis investigators.
SPA is the primary source for interpretation of relevant rules, regulations and laws governing incurring, reimbursing and reporting costs under sponsored-research agreements.
The Skandalaris Center
Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An interdisciplinary center striving to develop creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Washington University.