Pre-Award Research Administration

Pre-Award Research Administration is staffed by an expert team of Sponsored Projects Officers (SPO). SPOs are the data stewards of eSPA, which serves as the primary electronic research administration system designed to automate proposal creation, facilitate system-to-system proposal submissions, and to provide comprehensive award management.

SPO serve on behalf of faculty as CHOP’s negotiators and advocates with funders and any other external entity sponsoring projects. They also guide researchers on application submissions, grants management, and institutional approvals and sign-offs.

SPOs in Pre-Award partner with Research Business Administrators (RBA) in Post-Award Research Administration and Grants and Contracts Specialist (GCS) Research Subawards to provide and deliver an array of services and expertise to support faculty and staff in soliciting, securing, and managing extramural project funding.

The Sponsored Projects and Research Business Management Directory provides details regarding the assignments for all SPO, RBA and GCS professionals.