Post Award Management

The mission of the IQSS grants management team is to work closely with the faculty and researchers who execute the intellectual work of a grant to ensure all terms and regulations associated with a particular grant are met.

If you are the recipient of a grant, there is a great deal of information that your organization is responsible for managing to be a successful steward of federal and nonfederal funds. When an agency awards a grant, it  formalizes its partnership with the recipient (that is, the faculty or researcher), IQSS, and Harvard University, to ensure compliance with federal and nonfederal regulations and policies. This protects the integrity of the overall scientific endeavor. Timely and effective communication between the University and the sponsor is critical throughout the preaward, award, and post-award processes.

Some roles and responsiblities associated with this mission include:

• Acting as the main source of administrative information for faculty and researchers
• Maintaining copies of proposals and award documentation
• Ensuring compliance with university policy
• Ensuring compliance with federal and nonfederal sponsor regulations
• Consulting with Harvard's Office of Sponsored Programs on all aspects of award management
• Assisting with financial and interim reports as required by sponsor
• Tracking effort of personnel on sponsor funded projects
• Processing requests for sponsor approvals
• Managing any subawards (including the set up, maintenance, and amendment of subaward accounts)
• Executing cost transfers
• Rebudgeting
• Liaising with Harvard's Office of Technology Development on inventions and invention reporting
• Requesting no-cost extensions of grant term dates
• Reviewing expenditures for compliance
• Monthly monitoring and reporting of expenditures on sponsored accounts

For inquiries, please contact Ali Saren, Grants Manager at IQSS, or contact us by using our form, and select Grant support in the Category list.