Department Administration must exsist at some level and may include the following responsibilities:
- Establishes department procedures supporting research administration and compliance
- Assist PIs with the developement of proposal budgets
- Assist PIs with non-technical componets of a proposal submission
- Reviews and approves proposals for submission, including budget and justification
- Approves unit cost sharing and matching from unit funds
- Approves faculty commitments on all sources of support
- Manages workload plans for unit faculty
- Provides unit oversight for compliance with regulatory research requirements
- Reviews and approves the use of departmental space
- Approves pre-award arrangements and authorizes the use of unit funds for establishment of advance accounts
- Provides unit oversight for the assignment, hiring and appointment of individuals to the project
- Provides unit oversight for compliance with effort reporting and all other award terms and conditions
- Liaison with Sponsored Project Adminstration on all point above