What is a Sponsored Program?
Sponsored programs include grants, contracts, and collaborative agreements that are funded by an internal or external source. Each sponsored program has a named principal investigator or project director. Sponsored programs have a defined scope of work, deliverables, periods of performance, and budgets. These programs further the instructional, research, public service, or economic development objectives of the university through intellectual input to develop, determine, research, or identify a deliverable or result. Sponsors require project-specific financial and/or programmatic reporting at specified intervals.
Sponsored programs differ from revenue generating contracts and gifts/donations. If you are uncertain of which category funding is under, please visit Business and Finance policy 11.2, view our determination chart, or reach out to a member of our staff for assistance.