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Externally sponsored projects carry with them significant statutory and regulatory administrative requirements.  Principal Investigators (PIs), their operational units, and sponsored project administration staff are expected to comply with all applicable regulations and with all related policies and procedures whether they are at the institutional level or at the department level.

¶¶Òõ̽̽ maintains an institutional policy website that houses University Policies and University Operating Procedures (UOPs).  University Policies generally apply throughout the University or major components of the University.  UOPs are freestanding operational rules or sets of steps that all persons engaged in the activities that are the subject of the UOP must uniformly follow.  Policies and procedures that pertain only to a specific department/unit or that affect only the personnel or operations of such department/unit are not generally considered University Policies or UOPs.  As such, procedures related only to the administration of sponsored projects do not meet the definition of UOPs and, therefore, are managed and available on the Sponsored Project Administration (SPA) Procedures website.  University-wide policies and UOPs, however, supersede those of SPA regarding issues of University-wide application and in the event of a conflict between policies.

This policy applies to all employees, including administrators, staff, faculty, and student employees who manage, supervise, or conduct University business or financial transactions or activities under an externally sponsored project.  This includes, but is not limited to, Principal Investigators (PIs), Unit Administrators, and Sponsored Project Administration staff.

Questions concerning the daily operational interpretation of this policy should be directed to the following (in accordance with the policy elaboration and procedures):