The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) supports faculty through every stage of externally sponsored research, helping streamline the process so investigators can focus on their work. Services include identifying funding opportunities, ensuring compliance with sponsor requirements, negotiating contracts and agreements, assisting with budget development, and managing proposal submissions. As the university’s authorized submitting office, OSP also enforces a proposal deadline policy—requiring standard proposals four business days in advance and complex proposals eight days in advance—to ensure timely and accurate submissions.