Office of Sponsored Research Administration

OSRA Mission

The Office of Sponsored Research Administration (OSRA) will be a division housed within the Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) department whose mission is to support, advance, and promote extramural research and sponsored program activity conducted by WCMC investigators. OSRA will provide a comprehensive and consistent standard of service to the basic science and clinical research community. The OSRA personnel will be responsible for ensuring that grant and contract submissions, awards, subawards and all post-award management activities comply with the funding agency guidelines as well as University and College policies.

Indirect Cost Rates and Fringe Benefits

The latest fringe benefit rates and indirect cost rates for federal, non-federal, and industry-sponsored grants.

Apply for Extramural Funding

Learn application procedures.

Funding Opportunities


NIH Information and Forms

Intranet Resources

Finance Department Training for Researchers

Tri-Institutional Collaboration Network (TCN)

Economic Justification Template

NIH Challenge Grants are geared towards research that will help support our economy.

The Economic Justification Template will help illustrate the economic benefits of medical research. This template should be customized and inserted into applications in order to illustrate the economic advantages of proposed research projects.

Check out our newsletter: Sponsored Programs Advisor.