Office of Grants and Contracts

The Office of Grants and Contracts is available to assist Project Directors/Managers and responsible persons for University grants with budget preparation and financial monitoring of their Grant Awards.

Anyone working on the preparation of a University grant proposal or contract should notify the Office of Grants and Contracts as well as the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research. Notification can be completed through an email, phone call or an in-person meeting (preferred). Once the proposal has been submitted to the grantor by the Sponsored Research department a copy will be forwarded to the Office of Grants and Contracts.

Responsibilities of the Grant Accountant:

• Review Proposal Budget
• Review Grant Award
• Assist Project Director/Manager with management of their grants
• Assigning PeopleSoft account information
• Submit completed Project Create Form for processing
• Financially monitoring of Grant Awards
• Process Grant draw downs
• Confirm fund availability
• Confirm Project deliverable and report data with Project Manager
• Prepare required Financial reports
• Finalization of Grant closeout