Southern Illinois University Office of Sponsored Projects Administration

The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA) is a unit of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research that promotes research and sponsored project activities within SIU. All research universities have a central office to oversee sponsored projects (grants and contracts).

Grants and contracts are legal agreements for which each university's governing board is liable; consequently, one office on campus is designated to submit grant proposals and accept grant awards on faculty members' behalf. At SIUC, that office is OSPA. Central oversight is also needed to make sure that grants and other research activities comply with federal, state, and university regulations and policies.