McKelvey Grant Support by PI
Pre-Award and Post-Award Support Contacts by PI and Department
Specialized support is available for McKelvey faculty researchers in preparing proposals and managing sponsored research awards.
For more general support visit the McKelvey Research Support.
Track Award Set Up and SPA Requests
Understand Your Sponsor and the Funding Environment:
What are priority funding topics?
How can you stand out from previous awardees?
Learn more through the following sponsor databases.
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institutes of Health- NIH RePORT
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture- CRIS
- WashU Research Analytics
Award Management
Resources for award management and closeout.
Managing awards involves negotiation and acceptance, account set up, and financial administration. Project closeout involves no-cost extension requests, financial closeout and final report submissions.
Faculty Financial Reporting (FFR)
Budget reporting dashboard for faculty sponsored projects – enter via ONE
Log in with WUSTL Key.
Hiring Laboratory Personnel
Read about SEAS hiring practices and policies as your research group grows and evolves.
Non-Personnel Costs
Non-personnel budget items on sponsored projects
Non-personnel costs must follow the basic costing principles of reasonable, allocable and allowable. All non-personnel costs charged to sponsored awards must comply with University policy, as well as with any specific sponsor requirements and federal and state laws and regulations.
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
Procurement On Sponsored Projects
Purchasing guidance for grants and contracts
Policies and procedures for procurement transactions involving all sponsored projects (federal and non-federal)
Research Compliance Guide
Locate resources and expertise in support of Washington University’s culture of compliance
Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines
Guidance on appropriate budgeting and expenditures of federal and non-federal sponsored funds directed toward research, training, or other purposes
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.
Travel on Sponsored Funds
Charging travel costs to external funds
- Tips and Reminders for Travel on Sponsored Funds
- Traveling on Sponsored Funds
- STAR 108: Traveling with Sponsored Funds
- See “Travel and Related Expenses” section of the Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines
- Registry – Mandatory for international trips
Workday Faculty Quick Start Guide
Learn about WU’s new Financial and Human Resources Management System
Award Financial Closeout
Guide for financial closeout of grants, contracts and cooperative agreements
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
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.
Grants Library
The Office of Training Grants (OTG) has developed a Grants Library to serve as a centralized resource for grant writers and investigators at various career stages. Search the site to find:
- Awarded training, career, and research grant applications (NIH, private, and institutional)
- General stock language and proposal templates and tools.
Available on WUSTLBox.