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The Office of Sponsored Projects serves as a central resource to support the
research enterprise by providing guidance and stewardship for the research
community and the College.
The Office of Sponsored Projects directly contributes to the academic
mission of Dartmouth College by providing support for obtaining sponsored
research funds and managing sponsored research activity. Sponsored research
enriches the Dartmouth community by providing revenue to establish new
programs, conduct faculty research, and provide instructional and other
services. In addition, sponsored funds support professional growth for faculty,
postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff.
The Office of Sponsored Projects is comprehensive in its scope and mission,
handling both pre-award and post-award services. The Office has primary
responsibility for assuring Dartmouth's compliance with the regulations of a
range of funding agencies, for negotiating Dartmouth's indirect cost rate, and
monitoring college-wide implications of these negotiations on a regular
basis.
In 1992, the Office of Sponsored Projects assumed administrative
responsibility for the Dartmouth Medical School's sponsored research
activities. At that time administrative support for the Committee for
Protection of Human Subjects (also known as the Institutional Review Board, or
IRB) also came under the purview of the Office of Sponsored Projects.
Sponsored projects fall within several general functional categories.
Examples of those categories are: research, training, curriculum development,
public services, fellowships, art exhibitions, and equipment awards. This
support extends from a proposal's conception through to the completion of a
sponsored research project. The Office of Sponsored Projects has identified the
following goals in support of its mission:
- Provides individual and/or small group assistance to encourage effective
use of sponsored research services.
- Organizes and participates in workshops and presentations related to grant
activities.
- Serves as contact point for information and interaction with faculty,
deans, administrators and sponsor representatives on sponsored research
matters.
- Develops, organizes, and oversees various current awareness services
providing grants-related information to faculty and administrators.
- Monitors trends in sponsored research and responds to changes in the
field.
The Office of Sponsored Projects has institutional responsibility for
protecting the College's interests as those interests relate to the seeking and
management of sponsored research opportunities. The Office is empowered by the
Trustees to make commitments on behalf of the institution, and in doing so must
be aware of and comply with all current College and sponsor policies. To insure
both protection of the College's interests, and continued and varied sponsor
support, the Office of Sponsored Projects routinely engages in the following
activities:
- Serves as the College's focal point for sponsored activities from federal,
international, state, and private sources.
- Initiates policies and procedures and certifies compliance with federally
mandated regulations that impact many areas of the institution.
- Reviews College and DHMC grant and contract proposals and responds as
institutional officials authorized to commit the institution to external
agreements.
- Negotiates agreements with regard to budget, terms and conditions, while
coordinating with the PI that the scope of research is in line with the funds
available.
- Maintains the College's official database for proposals and awards, in
order to project future funding trends, provide data for tenure decisions and
analyze financial impacts on the institution.
- Acts as a permanent member of the Council on Sponsored Activities, the
institutional committee responsible for research policy, and coordinates the
agenda for the Council.
- Represents Dartmouth College at national and regional meetings concerned
with improving the research environment locally and nationally.
Federal Demonstration Partnership:
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