Office of Sponsored Research (OSR)
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) fosters and facilitates research and scholarly activity at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. OSR performs four critical functions:
- Reviewing and approving all proposals for extramural funding
- Negotiating and executing all sponsored program agreements and relationships
- Interpreting regulatory and contractual requirements
- Distributing information about funding availability to faculty
Grants Section
Sponsored project officers (SPOs) are assigned to specific investigators and serve as a single point of contact for all sponsored-program grants and subcontracts.
Contracts Section
The Contracts Section is assigned responsibility for contracts, including clinical trial, confidentiality disclosure, consulting services, independent contractors, master research site (with associated individual project schedules) and material transfer agreements.