About Us
- Develop and review agreements on behalf of the institution as the prime recipient and as the partnering agency.
- Develop and negotiate agreements promulgated by funded activities.
- Work with faculty in developing and/or refining a definitive Scope of Work and Budgets that will be part of the agreements created.
- Review and edit the draft agreements as necessary to gain approval of all contract documents received from external agencies for sponsored project.
- In collaboration with the legal department, develop modifications to any existing agreements and have these approved by execution of each partnering institutions.
- Provide in-service training for major projects on forms use, University policies and
procedures, etc., upon request. - Provide special services to key researchers to assist them in managing large "center" compliment of awards (e.g., PI and project employee assignment distributions across multiple accounts.)
- Arrange for budget modifications.
- Prepare certain correspondence for project directors to be submitted to university officials and sponsoring agencies.
- Interface with the university, on an as-needed basis to deal with project legal issues (such as land acquisition, contract clauses, lawsuits, criminal acts, debt collection, etc.)
- Notify Project Director of technical or any other reports/deliverable requirements under the award.
- Coordinate updates to Project Administration Guide (PAG) on the web. Distribute PAG hard copies to PI's as needed.
- Lead training presentations to project groups regarding certain University policies and procedures (for example, "how to read budget reports".)
- Act as post-award liaison between Project Director and sponsoring agency.
- Negotiate and prepare requests of extension of termination date and carryover of any unexpended balance.
- Work with Project Directors regarding problems they are having with subcontracts.
- Advise Project Directors on technical feasibility of working within the award budget.
- Maintain a post-award database on sponsored activities for the University community.
OGA Staff
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Gina Hedberg
Director, Grants Administration
Administration Building , 200
Telephone: (251) 460-7888
FAX: (251) 414-8296
ghedberg@usouthal.edu -
Deborah Musgrove
Coordinator, Award Processing
Administration Building 200
Telephone: (251)460-7888
FAX: (251) 414-8296
dmusgrove@usouthal.edu -
Kathy Cunningham
Grants Administration Specialist II
Administration Building , 200
Telephone: (251) 460-7888
FAX: (251) 414-8296
kcunningham@usouthal.edu -
Anita Kirkland
Grants Administration Specialist I
Office of Grants Administration
Administration Building , 200
Telephone: (251) 460-7888
FAX: (251) 414-8296
akirkland@usouthal.edu
