SPAC is divided into Teams which provide customer service to the campus units. Each Team is responsible for providing collaborative and advisory post award management and financial oversight of Sponsored Projects to department administrators, researchers and other University units. This includes award set-up through closeout, award spending, managing billing and collections, financial reporting and ensuring that all aspects are in compliance with the sponsor and university policies. 

Contact: spacsetup@umaryland.edu 

Director: Michelle Ward, michelle.ward@umaryland.edu

The setup team processes all awards, continuations, no cost extensions( NEC) etc. for awards that have changes to its initial or after the fact project basis or budget structure. The setup team sets up and maintains the award/project structure through the life of the award for all source codes

• • 315- C&G – Federal
  • 335 -C&G – State and Local
  • 345- C&G – State and Local – Federal Prime
  • 365 – C&G – Private
  • 375- C&G – Private – Federal Prime

Director: Michelle Ward, michelle.ward@umaryland.edu 

Assistant Director: Krista Salsberg, ksalsberg@umaryland.edu

SPAC billing team is broken down into 3 main areas: Non- Fed, Fed and VMS

Non Fed Billing Team

Contact: billnonfed@umaryland.edu

Non-Fed is the team that processes all cost-based awards that are not sourced directly from a federal sponsor.  On the award profile card in Quantum Analytics, awards managed by this team usually have a type of 335, 345, 365  or 375  and a billing basis of  Cost or  Schedule/Cost. 

Fed Billing Team

Contact: billfed@umaryland.edu

FED is the team that processes all cost-based awards that are directly sourced from a federal sponsor but do not participate in the letter of credit draw (LOC).  On the award profile card in Quantum Analytics awards managed by this team usually have a type 315 and a billing basis of Cost. 

This team also manages all federal contracts, the Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) billing. There are some outliers in this Bill Fed group, such as foreign currency awards and all federal passthrough contracts with special requirements that require special attention.  These are handled by our Sr. Financial Analyst. 

VMS Billing Team

Contact: billvms@umaryland.edu

VMS is the team that processes all volume, milestone, and scheduled billing for any type of source: 315, 335, 345, 365 or 375. On the award profile card in Quantum Analytics, awards managed by this team usually have a type as indicated above and a billing basis of volume, milestone or scheduled. 

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Director:  Rama Camara Spasic, rcamaraspasic@umaryland.edu

Contact: spacffr@umaryland.edu

The FFR Team – also known as Quality Assurance now handles all awards that have a billing basis of LOC and a source of 315.  

Contact: spaccollections@umaryland.edu

Contact: effort@umaryland.edu

The Costing and Compliance department is tasked with ensuring that these guidelines, along with university policies are adhered too.