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Office of Sponsored Programs

With its recent designation as an Academic Health Center and the advent of its Health Sciences Center, the Greenville Health System (GHS) is poised to significantly improve patient care through an innovative and ambitious research agenda. In just three years, GHS sponsored research activity increased from $700,000 in 2010, to over $2.56 million in 2013 in federal funding expenditures alone. Partnering with Clemson University, University of South Carolina and Furman University will guarantee that this activity will continue to grow at an exponential pace. Success will depend on an appropriate infrastructure to support this caliber of research.


The GHS Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) was established in December 2013 to provide this critical infrastructure support. Its primary responsibility is to ensure accountability in the application for and management of sponsored funding. The Office is also dedicated to enhancing and facilitating the ability of faculty and staff to seek out and secure external funding for scholarly activities, education, training, research, programs, and civic engagement. The OSP supports faculty and staff in their efforts to manage external award funds efficiently with the purpose of ensuring all sponsor commitments and expectations are fulfilled. OSP will exercise best practices in establishing appropriate internal controls that will ensure compliance with federal, state, and agency regulations, university policies, and sponsor commitments. Without standards in place, GHS risks audit findings that can require a return of funding, result in a designation as a “high-risk” institution, and incur general damage to its reputation, both publicly and within the funding community.

To accomplish its mission, the Office of Sponsored Programs will serve as the single point of contact for faculty, staff, sponsors, and other stakeholders for sponsored programs. By managing proposal submissions, award negotiation, and award management in one business office, OSP will maintain complete and accurate information on sponsored programs activity; develop, communicate and enforce standard policies and procedures; and provide grants management expertise and excellent customer service.

The Office of Sponsored Programs follows the direction of the federal government as outlined in the Uniform Guidance document which provide standard definitions, general provisions, and pre- and post-award requirements across the OMB Circulars. The federal government requires that federal sponsored projects be treated with like consistency as non-federally sponsored project so one system of internal controls utilized.

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards


What is a sponsored program?

A sponsored program is a project, normally in the form of a grant or contract or cooperative agreement, which is funded from external sources including federal, state and local governments or private corporations or foundations. The award of a contract or grant creates a legal relationship to achieve a purpose or objective under specified conditions. The purpose of the award, the nature of the relationship established and the control exercised by the awarding agency often make a grant indistinguishable from a contract. However grants, unlike contracts, do not allow for profit or a fee in excess of actual costs. The projects are designated as restricted current funds because separate accounts are mandated for each project. These separate accounts document the receipt and expenditure of such funds for the “restricted” purpose or project for which the sponsor intends.


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