Services provided by office
Proposal & Award Processsing Offices
Institutional Official (IO) Responsibilities
Institutional Official (IO) Responsibilities by Central Office |
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| Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) Pre Award Institutional Officials | Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) Post Award Institutional Officials | Research Management Group (RMG) School of Medicine Institutional Officials |
Industrial Contracts Office (ICO) Institutional Officials |
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| Proposals | Processes all Stanford University proposals except the School of Medicine. This includes industry sponsored contracts. | Not applicable | Processes all School of Medicine proposals | Not applicable |
| Awards |
Processes all Stanford University awards except routine grant awards for the School of Medicine and industry sponsored contracts and clinical trials |
Not applicable | Processes awards for basic grants, fellowships and industry sponsored clinical trials for the School of Medicine. | Processes all industry sponsored contracts except industry sponsored clinical trial contracts. |
| Account Setups | Not applicable | Setup sponsored research and internally funded university research accounts (PTAs) for all schools | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Subawards | Process all subawards except those under industry sponsored clinical trials | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Stanford central research administration offices - Office of Sponsored Research (OSR), School of Medicine Research Management Group (SoM-RMG) and Industrial Contracts Office (ICO) are responsible for the processing of many sponsored research transactions and services.
Each office has Institutional Official (IO) staff authorized to act on behalf the institution, and assume the obligations imposed by federal, state and local laws, regulations, requirements and conditions, as well as Stanford policy that applies to a proposal and award.
The IO reviews, endorses, signs and submits proposals to the sponsor on behalf of Stanford. In signing a proposal and in accepting a corresponding award, this individual certifies that Stanford will comply with the assurances and certifications referenced in the application.
This individual's signature further certifies that Stanford will be accountable both for appropriate use of funds awarded and performance of the sponsored project activities resulting from the application.
