Sponsored Programs Administration

Throughout the life of your proposal and award, Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) provides oversight and administrative support to investigators and departmental administrators.

UMB investigators were awarded $638 million in research, service, and training awards in Fiscal Year 2024. SPA works with you to submit competitive proposals, negotiate agreements, and navigate the world of sponsored programs administration.

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Notices, Updates, and Reminders

NIH Forms I - The NIH has been releasing some opportunities, but not all are available yet. When you link to the funding opportunity in Kuali Research, if you do see Forms I, select it only for proposal due dates on or after January 25

If Forms I is not yet available and you are starting the proposal in Kuali Research:  Select the Forms H opportunity, and then later, when the Forms I version is made available, you will go back to the S2S section of the KR proposal and "Change Opportunity". 

The R01 opportunities were released on December 18, 2024. Check the NIH website for new opportunity IDs for Forms I.

The Subrecipient Commitment Form has been updated. Please use the latest version, dated 10/17/2024.

Notice regarding the Uniform Guidance 2024 Revision

All Kuali Research Proposals (8/21/2024):  In the Attachments section, Internal Attachments, add three placeholder documents. These placeholders allow SPA - or you - to upload internal documents without going through the recall/bypass process. Save a blank or placeholder document to PDF, upload it, and mark it as FINAL.

Please click "Update Now" on the notice that pops up on your draft Kuali Build forms. Changes will not affect forms already submitted into workflow.

SPA Book Club. Join us to discuss Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise by Kelvin K. Droegemeier. More information is found in the notification email dated May 21, 2024

SPA Notices Archive:  Reminders, updates, and announcements from past months

SPA Office Hours:

Mondays ** 10:00-11:30 am 

Wednesdays 2:00-3:30 pm

**First and last Monday - SPA Contracts Team is available in office hours 

Kuali Research Proposal Training 

SPA-SPAC Update meetings scheduled!  Mark your calendars and watch the RAC emails for the agenda and link closer to the meeting date:

February 26, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Virtual
May 15, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. In Person (more information to come)
August 27, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Virtual
November 20, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Virtual