OGCA Listserv

Description of Listserv

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The Office of Grant and Contract Administration has established a listserv to address similar questions coming to our office from various faculty and staff involved with proposal preparation and award processing. OGCA staff will participate in the listserv and answer questions from the sponsored programs office perspective.

This listserv provides a forum:

1. To answer questions related to university policies and procedures concerning proposal preparation and award administration.

2. To answer questions related to sponsor policies and procedures concerning proposal preparation and grant/contract administration.

3. For discussion among various departmental faculty and staff and the Office of Grant and Contract Administration.

4. For dissemination of information and feedback on research related matters that may be beneficial to listserv members.

Please note: This listserv is operated by the Office of Grant and Contract Administration and is intended only for the discussion of Grant and Contract related issues that are within the purview of our office (proposal preparation and award review and negotiation). We will not provide feedback or resolve issues relating to Grants Accounting and the Controller’s office.

Subscription to the listserv. To join this listserv please send an email to the following:ogca-disc-l-request@research.umass.edu

Subject heading: Subscribe

2. To unsubscribe please send an email to the following:

ogca-disc-l-request@research.umass.edu

Subject heading: UNSubscribe

3. To post to listserv use email address:

ogca-disc-l@research .umass.edu

4. Send your comments and feedback to the listserv administrator Nancy Stewart.

Proposal and Award Status

Check your status using OGCA’s On-line Query Tool.

Guidelines for Postings:

The Office of Grant and Contract Administration created this listserv in order to provide a service to the research community. The goal is to share and disseminate information among various academic and administrative offices and the Office of Grant and Contract Administration as well as get questions answered in a manner that can benefit all members. Membership is open to all faculty and staff who participate in proposal preparation and/or grant/contract administration.

Be cautious in discussing proposed research. This listserv will be “public” within the university community and proposed research is considered confidential until granted.

Common rules of etiquette should be observed: no flames, no obscenities, and no “ALL CAP” messages. This is not an appropriate forum for complaints about individuals, departments, administration, and/or university policies and procedures. Inappropriate posts shall be removed.

Try to be as brief, concise, and clear as possible in your message, and use brief but descriptive subject headers.

Electronically “sign” each of your messages with your full name and email address.

Do NOT send attachments to your message to the ListServ. These attachments may contain viruses and could cause tremendous problems for the rest of the listserv subscribers.

When replying to a very large listserv message, please delete all sections of the original message that aren’t being specifically replied to.