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Sponsored Programs

The Office of Sponsored Programs strives to promote a transparent, efficient, and customer-centered research environment and ensure that Fort Valley State University's faculty and staff have access to all funding opportunities committed to the delivery of high quality programs, services and research initiatives to support the university's mission. Toward that end, the OSP supplies a variety of grantsmanship resources and services for the FVSU family, communicates and enforces proposal submission and contract compliance requirements, and functions as adviser, change agent and strategic partner to the university's decision-makers.

Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunity Announcements 8-16-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 8-16-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 8-02-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 8-02-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 4-23-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 4-23-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 4-23-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 3-12-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 3-12-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 3-12-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 3-12-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 3-5-10
Funding Opportunity Announcements 12-10-09
Funding Opportunity Announcements - Health and Mental Health - 11-30-09
Funding Opportunity Announcements - Arts and Humanities - 11-30-09
Funding Opportunity Announcements - Education, Economic and Community Dev - 11-30-09
Funding Opportunity Announcements - STEM - 11-17-09
Funding Opportunity Announcements - 10-07-2009 pdf
Funding Opportunity Announcements - 10-07-2009 -pdf
Funding Opportunity Announcements - 9-23-2009-pdf

American Recovery Reinvestment Act

Pre-Awards

The Office of the Pre-Awards Coordinator serves as a catalyst for development and implementation of innovative ideas, generates enhancements to existing grantsmanship policies and practices, interprets/communicates research policies and related issues, conducts training and ensures that timely notifications of funding opportunities are made available for university personnel. The office also provides limited grantsmanship support to community and faith-based organizations that are aligned with various university initiatives. Its evolving role is to anticipate change and develop strategies to assist the administration, faculty and staff with retaining or improving productivity while adapting to a new research and contracting culture.

Pre-Awards Process Chart

Post Awards

The Office of Post Awards has principal responsibility for assisting principal investigators and program directors in managing grants and contract awards. This position provides assistance in the business and financial aspects of sponsored programs including:

  • Award negotiation
  • Sub-recipient agreements
  • Renewals and extensions and
  • Closing of non-financial project activity

The post awards professional assists the Office of External Affairs in ensuring compliance with university policies and in obtaining the possible conditions for both the principal investigator and the university. This position reports the vice president for External Affairs. Additionally, the post awards professional supports the activities of the Research Council in review of all research related compliance matters.

The QUEST

Our official newsletter, The QUEST, is published twice annually and highlights a variety of external funding opportunities for faculty and staff. A forecast of potential funding from federal, state and foundation sources is provided, along with available contacts and deadlines information. Each issue also profiles an individual faculty or staff member that has written a successful proposal. The QUEST shares proposal-writing tips and educates readers about grantsmanship. The added value of foundation funding is twofold:

  • deadlines are more frequent and
  • funds are provided for a short block of time.

The QUEST also features highlights of faculty and staff members' proposals that have received funding.

  • Winter 2010
  • Fall 2009
  • Summer 2008
  • Spring 2006
  • Fall 2005
  • Spring 2005

    • Annual Grantsmanship Institute Training Conference

    On Monday, September 21, 2009 approximately 70 individuals gathered at the C. W. Pettigrew Center for the Office of Sponsored Programs’ 5th Annual Grantsmanship Institute Training Conference (GITC). This event provides the university community and other outside residents with grant writing essentials.
    This year’s event provided an inside look to a successful project by the City of Macon that was initially a student project. The College Hill Corridor Commission (CHCC) project that partners the City of Macon with Mercer University received grant funding from the Knight Foundation. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert and his team were on hand to provide a detailed account of the project. Mayor Reichert educated the audience on various new concepts to be aware of when applying for funding. These include urbanism, community support, going green, and that it is acceptable to start small as long you think big.
    Other sessions offered included:

    • The Building Blocks of Grant Writing
    • Paper Trail 101: Managing the Use of Your Award
    • Grants for Small Business: Wishful Thinking or Wishes Granted.

    In addition, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) staff provided additional insight into the services provided by the OSP while the FVSU Director of Accounting services shared fundamental information to assist grant writers with compliance.

    The Office of Sponsored Programs and the entire Fort Valley State University family were honored to have as our luncheon speaker Erroll B. Davis, Jr., chancellor of the University System of Georgia. Chancellor Davis addressed the current economic situation and the University System of Georgia’s efforts to do less with more as well as how we can all work together to continue to move forward.

    The sixth annual Grantsmanship Institute Training Conference is scheduled for Thursday, September 16, 2010, at the C.W. Pettigrew Center. We look forward to seeing you there!

    Accounting Services Grants and Contracts
    Building Blocks of a Successful Grant
    Eddie Grant Workshop
    Getting to know the Offices of Sponsored Programs
    You’ve been funded, What’s Next

    Forms and Procedural Manual

    Links

    • www.tgci.com - Grantsmanship Center website
    • www.tgcialumni.com - Grantsmanship Center alumni website
    • www.fdncenter.org - Foundation Center website-can subscribe on-line for the Foundation Directory
    • www.cfda.gov - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance-a compendium of 10,000 federal funding programs in a searchable data base
    • www.grants.gov - The federal government’s new portal for all federal grant information and on-line application requirements
    • www.grantsmart.org - Website for foundation 990-PF tax returns
    • www.guidestar.org - Information on 850,000 non-profits, including private foundations and 990-PF tax returns.
    • www.foundationdatabook.com - Web site for the Oregon Foundation Data Book. This company also publishes foundation guides for Washington, California and several other states.