The Office of Proposal& Award Management (OPAM) supports the OHSU research community by providing pre-award and post-award administration of sponsored proposals and awards. OPAM provides the required institutional approval authority for all non-industry proposals and awards.

OPAM is a 50-person unit  that reports to OHSU's Senior Vice President for Research and is part of Research Development and Administration (RDA).  OPAM works hand-in-hand with:

• OHSU Foundation
• Clinical Trials Office (CTO)
• Technology Transfer and Business Development (TTBD)

OPAM's support to PIs and staff includes the following:

Providing resource for PI and department staff

• Provides superior customer service
• Interprets federal regulations, sponsor guidance and award terms and conditions
• Answers pre and post-award questions accurately and timely
• Acts as a resource for understanding compliance issues

Develop & submit a proposal

• Provides institutional approval for all proposal submissions.
• Provides follow-up with funding agencies on pending applications

Negotiate & accept an award

• Supplies necessary assurances
• Secures institutional signatures
• Coordinates formal correspondence with sponsors
• Negotiates award language
• Creates, negotiates and finalizes subawards

Aligns OHSU policy and procedures with federal regulations

• Subrecipient monitoring
• Single Audit

Management of awards

• Provides coordination of prior approval requests
• Oversees expenditures of sponsored funds
• Requests and applies payments from sponsors
• Processes subaward invoices

Report on & close out an award

• Provides fiscal reports to sponsors
• Performs close-out of awards with sponsors
• Coordinates award relinquishments