的 mission of the Office of 赞助的研究 is to provide faculty members with the support and resources needed to fund and manage their creative, scholarly, and 研究努力. 办公室 provides high-quality services to the Skidmore community with the goal of increasing externally sponsored funding for individual faculty research while also ensuring compliance with College and sponsor policies and regulations.

In order to facilitate faculty engagement in research and scholarship at Skidmore College, the Office of 赞助的研究 provides a host of resources and services to support investigators at all stages of their careers.

办公室 of 赞助的研究 assists faculty in identifying funding opportunities, drafting budgets and budget justifications, providing relevant boilerplates and templates (facilities, equipment and other resources, biographical sk等hes, current and pending support, institutional impact statements, 等.) and handling the logistics of the proposal submission process to federal and state agencies and private foundations. 办公室 also reviews research narratives for grammar and typos and provides feedback regarding strengths and weaknesses as they relate to the review criteria. 办公室 engages with collaborating institutions to obtain and/or submit required proposal materials (statements of work, letters of collaboration, budgets, budget justifications, 等.), and ensures proposals are compliant with guidance instructions, Skidmore policies and federal and state regulations. 的 director is the signing official (SO) for eRA Commons and the authorized organizational representative (AOR) for Research.政府和 奖助金.政府.

办公室 of 赞助的研究 also supports externally funded scholarship on the post-award side by negotiating research, service and subaward agreements from sponsors, issuing and amending subaward and consultant agreements, and processing supply orders and reimbursement requests. 办公室 also reconciles grant accounts on a monthly basis, provides budget projections, and assists with no-cost extension requests. 的 Office ensures funding agency reporting and close-out requirements are met (progress and financial reports) and ensures grants are performed and expended in a manner consistent with the proposed budget, Skidmore policies, and terms of the award. 

办公室 of 赞助的研究 looks forward to helping Skidmore faculty succeed in their research, scholarly and creative endeavors.