Re: Pre-award vs. post-award Baumann, John 08 Nov 2001 14:29 EST
At UMKC, "pre-award" and "post-award" activites are within the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Support and we report to Vice Provost for Research. We do not call it pre and post award, however. We are organized into Proposal/Program Support and Budget/Accounting Support. Members of each work at both pre and post award stages. That beijng said, it is certainly the case that folks in the former tend to spend a disproportionate amount of time doing traditionally pre-award stuff and those in the later doing post-award stuff. John R. Baumann, Ph.D. Director Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Support University of Missouri -- Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110 816.235.1303 (v) 816.235.6532 (f) xxxxxx@umkc.edu location: 5211 Rockhill Road -----Original Message----- From: Valrey Kettner [mailto:xxxxxx@NDSU.NODAK.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:24 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Pre-award vs. post-award Greetings from North Dakota State University! I know this question has come up in the past, but I'd like to revisit it, with your indulgence. How is the post-award accounting for sponsored programs handled at your institution? Is it part of the pre-award office (under a VP for Research) or is it separate (under a VP for Business & Finance)? For those of you that have gone from one model to another, either at your present institution or from one institution to another, what are the primary issues/concerns/advantages/disadvantages? Currently at NDSU, the two offices are separate and report to different VP's. We are in the same building, but our research enterprise will be moving to the Research and Technology Park in the next few months. This presents some interesting questions. What makes it even more interesting, is that currently the post-award accounting office reviews all the proposal budgets prior to our review, approval and sign-off. While we are in the same building this doesn't pose a problem. But once the research pre-award offices move, it becomes a logistical nightmare and severely impacts our customer service. I'm truly interested in hearing how other institutions have structured their organization for pre- and post-award. We are anxious to learn from our peers! If you would like to reply directly to me, I can post a summary of the responses later. I can be reached at xxxxxx@ndsu.nodak.edu. Or, feel free to give me a call at (701) 231-9608. Thank you in advance for your responses! Valrey V. Kettner Assistant Vice President Sponsored Programs Administration ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================