About

What We Do

Sponsored Programs Administration supports and advances the University's mission through leadership and expertise ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and promote integrity, innovation, knowledge, collaboration and effectiveness:

▪︎Provide pre-award support to faculty for grant and contract proposals to external funding agencies.
▪︎Assist with proposal administrative review, submission.
- ▫︎Proposal Team
▪︎Perform non-financial post-award administration and management support
- ▫︎Award Team
▪︎Negotiate grants, contracts, and other agreements.
- ▫︎Contracts Team
▪︎Create, negotiate, and process outgoing subawards.
- ▫︎Subcontracts Team
▪︎Provides training and resources on sponsored projects and internal systems.
- ▫︎Training Team
▪︎Provides assistance with internal system reporting and VERA system management.
- ▫︎Systems & Reporting Team

Learn More About SPA

How do I know if my proposal or award goes through SPA?

SPA assists with Sponsored Instruction and Training, Sponsored Research, and Other Sponsored Activities. Definitions can be found here.

Determining if your project fits one of these three types of research determines if the proposal/award comes through SPA.

Use the Decision Tree to the right to further assess if your specific project goes through SPA or Development and Alumni Relations (DAR).

• Not all questions are answerable at proposal time, but will be at the time of award.
• If, at any point in the Design Tree, you are unsure about the answer, contact SPA.
• Contact DAR about receiving sponsored awards from an individual. alumni@vanderbilt.edu

This information might be available in the funding announcement or the sponsor's website.