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Office of Sponsored Programs, Research & Outreach

The Office of Sponsored Programs, Research & Outreach, known as OSPRO, is a vital part of the UWA campus. OSPRO is a service division providing assistance to faculty, staff and students seeking external funds through proposal development and aid in the management of awarded grants. OSPRO is here to facilitate and enhance the grant writing process with experience and oversight. We want to help you do something that matters! 

Get Started On Your Grant

Submitting a Proposal

If you have identified a funder or sponsor, find everything you need to know about submitting a grant proposal.

Compliance

When submitting a proposal or accepting an award, you as the investigator as well as UWA as the fiscal agent, are committing to a number of assurances, certifications, terms, and conditions. It is very important that the investigator understand these compliance issues before submission and before award.

Award Management

If you have a grant application that has been awarded, find instructions for guidance on how to manage the award here.

Grant Proposal Routing and Submission Portal

Login using your UWA credentials and DUO authentication

Accessing Qualtrics

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Finding Funding

OSPRO Seed Grants

The Office of Sponsored Programs, Research & Outreach offers seed grants to faculty and staff to develop small research and outreach projects. Awards are made in the Spring and Fall. 

Application information coming soon…

Grant Search Engines

Grants.gov

Managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Grant.gov is an E-government initiative that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities.

Foundation Directory

The Foundation Directory Online is a service of the Foundation Center, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering and increasing knowledge about philanthropy. We house a database of over 140,000 grantmakers, updated weekly, with multiple filters and an assessment tool to help you quickly identify funding sources.
Username: uwatigers | Password: uwaosp2011

InfoEd Global

InfoEd Global is a solution for researchers who desire to spend less time doing the arduous steps of searching but still be presented with well-suited matches for funding opportunities. The SPIN Global Suite is comprised of SPIN, the world’s largest database of funding opportunities, and SMARTS, which logically draws upon SPIN to deliver opportunities that match your funding criteria.
Contact OSPRO for login information.

Grants Resource Center

A not-for-profit service of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Grants Resource Center houses information on grants and management for institutions of higher education. Contact OSPRO for username and password information.
Username: UWA | Password: Deadline

Meet the Team

Rodney Granec 
Executive Director  
rgranec@uwa.edu 
(205) 652-5392 
Webb Hall 202 

Chris Theriot 
Director of Grants and Resource Development Liaison   
ctheriot@uwa.edu 
(205) 652-3950 
Webb Hall 229A 

Hoda Hassan 
Grants Specialist 
hhassan@uwa.edu 
(205) 652-3418 
Webb Hall 201 

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