Welcome

The Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) Office of Sponsored Research Administration (OSRA) supports faculty, staff, and students in their efforts to secure and grow sponsored research funding. This includes reviewing, submitting, negotiating, endorsing, and providing administrative oversight for proposals, awards, and contracts in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations. OSRA is comprised of four distinct teams - Grants, Industry Contracts, Operations, and Subawards. The teams work collaboratively to support all sponsored research at WCM.

OSRA offers a wide range of services including:

Reviewing and submitting grant proposals and federal contract bids
Liaising with sponsors on behalf of PIs and Academic Departments
Grant award review, negotiation and acceptance
Industry contract review and negotiations (e.g., SRAs, MTAs, DUAs, etc.)
Account creations for grant and funded contracts
Processing incoming and outgoing subawards
Sponsor prior approval requests (e.g., change in key personnel, no-cost extension, award transfer, etc.)
Award close-out (non-financial)
Reports on sponsored research data (submissions, awards, effort)
Outreach and training for sponsored research related activity