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Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) handles sponsored grants and contracts, outgoing subawards, unfunded agreements, and other pre-award and non-financial post-award functions. This page will help you contact the right team.

Use team email addresses for your questions about a proposal, agreement, or action. Or, if you received communication from SPA that your action has been assigned to a SPA reviewer, then get in touch with that individual directly. Review the expandable sections below the table. They include team emails and helpful links.

SPA business practices - communications

SPA Staff

Kuali technical issues:  Contact DLKualiResearchHelp@umaryland.edu and identify the Proposal number, document number, or form and form number when reporting a technical issue.

If you have a more general question or one that just doesn't fit any of the categories described below, you may send your question to spa@umaryland.edu.

Core SPA Teams and their functions

Proposals Federal Grants Incoming Contracts Outgoing Subawards
All Proposal/JIT activities Takes over when a direct Federal Grant/Cooperative Agreement NOA is received. Reviews/Negotiates all direct Federal Contracts and Agreements for all other sponsors (contracts, grants, letter agreements, etc.) Responsible for outgoing subawards (money to another institution) under all awards
  • Review/Submit proposals for all sponsors
  • Just-in-time actions
  • Post Submission Materials actions
  • Proposal Withdrawals
  • Process temp account requests for direct Federal grants/cooperative agreements
  • Process Federal grant/cooperative award actions to SPAC
  • Post Award actions for direct Federal Grants/Cooperative Agreements (NCEs, PI changes, etc.)
  • Process temp account requests for non-Federal awards and Federal contracts/subawards
  • Reviews/Negotiates/ Processes Awards and Modifications for everything except direct Federal grant/cooperative agreements
  • Assists Proposal Team with RFP Review
  • Process outgoing subaward actions and mods to other entities
  • Initial and annual subrecipient risk assessments
  • FFATA reporting

 

When you have questions about faculty transfers, final reports, no-cost extensions, prior approvals, and other post-award topics:

  • If the funding is a federal grant, cooperative agreement, fellowship, or career development award, contact Team Federal Grants at SPA-Grants@umaryland.edu.
  • If the funding is a federal contract or is non-federal, contact the Contracts Team at SPA-Contracts@umaryland.edu if you need assistance.

Information and procedures:

Award set-up in Kuali Research.

Changes to the project and budget

Federal RPPR

Faculty transfers

Team Federal Grants (email SPA-Grants@umaryland.edu):  SPA Team Federal Grants handles temporary project requests and any post-award issues related to federal assistance awards. 

Amanda Knott, Assistant Director
Victoria Pennacchia

This team handles post-award approvals for federal grants, cooperative agreements, fellowships, and career development awards. Post-award approvals include such actions as change of PI and no-cost extensions, and RPPR review and submission.

Changes to the project and budget

Federal RPPR

Faculty transfers

The Incoming Contracts Team reviews and negotiates awards and agreements other than Federal grants and cooperative agreements handled by Team Federal Grants or corporate agreements handled by CCT. The Incoming Contracts Team handles temporary project requests and award modifications for for everything except direct Federal grant/cooperative agreements. They also assist the Proposals Team with RFP review.

Incoming Contracts Team (email SPA-Contracts@umaryland.edu):  

Stacey Boyd (Manager)
Andrew Cromwell
Constance Flanagan
Nicolette Glewwe
Judy Myint
Moriah Nkosi
Janelle Wiggins

Information and procedures related to Agreements and Contracts

Corporate-funded and clinical trial agreements:  Submit questions about corporate agreements (for-profit entities) to the Center for Clinical Trials and Corporate Contracts.

General information about the negotiation of awards and agreements

IPAs and JPAs (VA)

Outgoing Subawards Team (email SPA-Subteam@umaryland.edu):  This team processes outgoing subawards, issued by UMB to a collaborating organization. 

Kelly Lehner (Assistant Director)
Venzula Harris
Stephanie Portee
Jonathan Tissue

The Subaward Request is used to request a new subaward or modifications to an existing subaward.  Review the Subaward Request Instructions and User Aids

SPA's Subrecipient Agreements pages

Proposals Team (email SPA-Proposals@umaryland.edu): 

Greg Sorensen (Assistant Director)
Andra Davis
Urmil Dhru
Zineb Kirchner
Michael Starace
Christine Toalepai

This team reviews proposal submissions and processes just-in-time requests.

Team Black supports specific, pre-designated departments that have acquired these services. Team Black requires several weeks before any deadline to assist with proposal development. Please verify with your Dean's office that Team Black supports your department. If you are interested in working with Team Black, please contact Jill Frankenfield.

Information and procedures related to pre-award actions

Developing Proposals

Proposals in Kuali Research

eCommons and NSF registration

Budget development

IPAs and JPAs

Just-in-time (post-submission/pre-award transactions)

Letters of Intent and Pre-proposals

Incoming Contracts Team (email:  SPA-Contracts@umaryland.edu)

Stacey Boyd (Manager)
Andrew Cromwell
Constance Flanagan
Nicolette Glewwe
Judy Myint
Moriah Nkosi
Janelle Wiggins

The Incoming Contracts Team reviews unfunded agreements when the other party is an educational institution or a non-profit. An unfunded agreement addresses specific needs related to sponsored projects but is not a funding instrument.

Instructions for routing an unfunded agreement in Kuali Research.

Unfunded agreements reviewed by SPA.

  • SPA Incoming Contracts Team reviews all Teaming Agreements.
  • SPA Incoming Contracts Team handles unfunded agreements made with educational institutions and non-profit organizations. These include confidential disclosure agreements, data use agreements, and Business Associate Agreements.
  • Visiting Scientist Agreements are reviewed and signed by Janet Simons in SPA

Unfunded agreements handled by other offices

Material transfer agreements: Contact the Center for Clinical Trials and Corporate Contracts.

Unfunded agreements with corporations (for-profit entities):  Contact the Center for Clinical Trials and Corporate Contracts. (The SPA Contracts Team reviews all Teaming Agreements.)

International MOUs (unfunded MOUs with international organizations), International Affiliation Agreements, International Exchange Agreements:  Contact the Global Hub.

SPA Virtual Office Hours

During these times, the SPA management team and senior administrators will be available to answer your questions about Kuali Build, Kuali Research, general questions regarding sponsor guidelines, and much more.  For status updates, please contact the person working on your proposal or agreement - SPA Office Hours are not for status updates, but for more general questions.

 

On the second and last Mondays, the SPA Contracts Team is available during office hours.
On the first and last Wednesdays, the Research Security Manager is available during office hours.