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Government Sponsors
The federal government mandates that a central unit at the University administer the initiation of sponsored activities. These administrative responsibilities require a professional staff with broad knowledge of the regulations of federal agencies and a support staff to maintain the extensive records required by federal sponsors. ORSP's staff reviews proposals, assists with formats, presentations, and budgets, reviews grants, negotiates agreements, and processes all awards to Sponsored Programs.
Research Relations with Government Sponsors
The federal government mandates that a central unit at the University administer the initiation of sponsored activities. These administrative tasks require a professional staff with broad knowledge of the regulations of federal agencies and staff to maintain the extensive records required by federal sponsors. ORSP staff reviews proposals, negotiates agreements, and processes all awards to Finance-Sponsored Programs.
ORSP provides support for research and other sponsored activities with state and local governments. While discussions regarding the technical work should be carried out by the project team, faculty members are not authorized to negotiate the general terms and conditions of agreements. They should refer such negotiations to ORSP.
Who at ORSP can help me work with my Government sponsor?
Our ORSP project representatives triage all types of sponsored projects. We are organized by school or college, so we can help you with any project. Look up my ORSP Government Team Project Representative.
What are some examples of Government Sponsors and what are tools I need to work with them?
National Institutes of Health
- Find Faculty / Staff Registered in NIH Commons
- NIH Publication Policy
- NIH Research Performance Progress Reporting (RPPR)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF Fastlane
US Department of Agriculture
(July 30, 2013) The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Research Terms and Conditions mandate that all faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and staff participating on awards receive training in the responsible conduct of research (RCR). To that end, U-M has determined that completion of the "Foundations of Good Research Practices" online module in the Program for the Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship (PEERRS) will meet NIFA's training requirement. Individuals subject to this training requirement must complete the PEERRS "Foundations of Good Research Practices" module before USDA NIFA awards will be released. See http://my.research.umich.edu/peerrs/ to register for the "Foundations of Good Research Practices" module. Questions regarding NIFA's responsible conduct of research training requirement should be directed to PEERRS@umich.edu.
Federal Departments and Agencies
- Grants.gov electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies
- Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
- FedBizOpps (federal business opportunities)
- Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Agriculture, Department of (USDA)
- Commerce, Department of
- Defense, Department of
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Home
- Army Medical Research Home Page
- Army Research Office Home Page
- Funding Opportunities
- Forms
- Grant Terms and Conditions
- ARL (Army Research Laboratory) Funding Opportunities
- TACOM
- US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- USAMRMC
- DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Home Page
- DTRA
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Funding Opportunities
- NSA
- Naval Research Laboratory Contracting Division
- Education, Department of
- Energy, Department of [www.energy.gov]
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Health and Human Services, Department of
- Centers for Disease Control
- CDC Funding
- National Institutes of Health
- Funding Program Guidelines (Office of Extramural Research -- OER)
- Grants and Funding Opportunities
- NIH Salary Cap Summary
- NIH Guide[funding opportunity notices]
- Grants Policy Statement
- Award Data
- Institutes and Centers
- NIH Forms and Application information
- NIH Commons
- Staff Directory
- Other DHHS agencies
- FDA
- AHRQ
- HRSA
- Housing and Urban Development, Department of
- Interior, Department of the
- Institute of Museum Services
- Justice, Department of
- Labor, Department of
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) http://www.nasa.gov/
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institutes of Health
- (See Department of Health and Human Services above)
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- National Partnership for Reinventing Government (formerly National Performance Review)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Security Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Peace Corps
- State, Department of
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and hotlist
- Smithsonian Institutions
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Transportation, Department of
- Treasury, Department of
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States General Services Administration
- United States International Information Programs (formerly USIA); part of the Dept. of State
- U.S. Postal Service
- Veteran Affairs, Department of
- Voice of America (VOA)