Sponsored Project Administration (SPA)

TRA is responsible for submitting all proposals for grants and contracts for research and other scholarly activities to public agencies (federal, state or local government), private non-profit research organizations (such as the American Heart Association) and industry (such as testing agreements and contracts). The Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) of TRA assists investigators in preparation and submission of all proposals. Except for certain fellowships awarded directly to individuals, principal investigators or program directors may not apply for or receive funding directly from sponsoring organizations without receiving University approval. All proposals must be processed through OVP Research at either the Main Campus or the Health Sciences Center.

TRA also works closely with the Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs to help secure funding for the University. TRA is responsible for assisting faculty in locating corporate and foundation support for specific activities. Research-related activities that involve corporate contracts also come under the purview of TRA. The Office of Development is responsible for the solicitation of private sector development funds from corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Therefore all proposals for sponsored projects to private foundations and corporations must be coordinated with and receive approval from both the TRA and the Office of Development.

Fringe Benefit Rates for FY08
Temple University has recently completed negotiations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to determine the employee benefit billing rates for the upcoming fiscal year. This agreement will support our claim for employee benefit reimbursement on grants and contracts. In addition, rates for non-government grants and contracts are developed employing consistent methodologies. These rates apply to the year ending June 30, 2009. Full announcement is here.

Sponsored Projects A-Z: Handling Your Grant from Cradle to Grave
Procedures and Processes Guide to help you through the Lifecycle of the grant and contract process at Temple. This powerpoint includes presentations from the sponsored projects office, grant accounting, HR, payroll and purchasing and contact information for the relevant directors. more...

NIH Provides FAQs and Tools for Calculating Person Months
Person months - Is the metric for expressing the effort (amount of time) PI(s), faculty and other senior personnel devote to a specific project. The effort is based on the type of appointment of the individual with the organization; e.g., calendar year (CY), academic year (AY), and/or summer term (SM); and the organization's definition of such.
FAQs on Person Months are here.
Tools for calculating person months are here.

Effective February 1, 2005, the procedure for submitting all grant and contract proposals, and completing awards, through the Temple Research Administration (TRA) is revised as follows:

Eleanor Cicinsky (ecicinsk@temple.edu, (215) 204-8691 [1-8691] ) will be the point of contact for:

• Tyler School of Art
• School of Communications and Theater
• College of Engineering
• College of Health Professions (Main Campus only)
• College of Science and Technology
• Russell Conwell Center
• Graduate School
• Libraries
• WRTI

Roseanne Wallin (rwallin@temple.edu, (215) 204-7454 [1-7454] )will be the point of contact for:

• Ambler Campus
• Fox School of Business and Management
• College of Education
• School of Law
• College of Liberal Arts
• Boyer College of Music and Dance
• School of Social Administration
• Institute for Public Affairs
• Institute for Survey Research
• Center for Intergenerational Learning
• Crime and Justice Research Institute

Materials Transfer Agreements:
It is always advisable to protect the transfer of research materials with a Materials Transfer Agreement. The transfer of biological materials between academic institutions is significantly faster if the other institution, like Temple, is a signatory to the Uniform Biological Materials Transfer Agreement (UBMTA), in which case all that is needed is a standard implementation letter for each transfer. Additional information and forms can be found at http://www.research.temple.edu/ott/mats_transfer.html.