Contact Us
Office of Sponsored Programs
104 Airport Drive Suite 2200, CB 1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350
Phone: (919) 966-3411
Fax: (919) 962-5011
SponsoredPrograms@unc.edu
OSP Hours
OSP is located on the second floor of the Administrative Office Building (AOB) and is open to the public weekdays 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Appointments are not required.
Parking
Visitor permit parking spaces are available at the front of the building for easy access to OSP. Additional parking is available in an overflow lot across from the Giles Horney Building in the R1/R2 Overflow Parking Lot.
Bus Service
The AOB is on the NU Route 
that goes to the P parking lot.
Drop Box
A green drop box labeled for “Office of Sponsored Programs” is located on the ground floor at the front entrance of AOB. During remote operations, materials (checks included, but NO CASH) for OSP can be dropped here at any time and OSP retrieves items daily to process.
OSP Email Contacts
Below are the main inboxes in use at OSP. Please use these inboxes based on their descriptions. If you are uncertain of which inbox to use, please email our main inbox SponsoredPrograms@unc.edu. You can also reach individuals within our office via our Business Units page.
SponsoredPrograms@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all general inquiries, proposal requests, new awards, modifications/amendments, audit information requests, and research system access requests.
General Inboxes
OSPCommunications@unc.edu
This is the main inbox for all OSP news and announcements, events, forms, and website feedback.
OSPTraining@unc.edu
This is the main inbox for all training inquiries, requests, and issues for OSP.
OSPSymposium@unc.edu
This is the main inbox for all general inquiries and communications related to the annual UNC Symposium for Research Administrators.
Research Admin Inboxes
OSPContracting@unc.edu
This is the main inbox for the Industry Contracting team and is responsible for new industry contracts and questions concerning industry contracting.
OSPSubs@unc.edu
This is the main inbox for all SIP submissions, general inquiries, and communications related to outgoing subagreements.
Research Core/Centers
RSCSupport@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all inquiries regarding Research Service Centers at the University, including the establishment of a new service center and reviews of existing centers.
RCD@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all inquiries regarding research core development at the University.
Financial Inboxes
OSPBilling@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all requests concerning invoicing or financial reports for sponsored projects. Any questions concerning invoices and financial reports including requests for supporting documents should be sent here.
OSPReporting@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all final invention statement (FIS) requests, including submission requests, status updates, requesting a FIS, and any other general FIS inquiries.
ecrt_help@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for all effort certification questions and concerns, including specific effort certification requirements and system assistance.
Audit Inboxes
OSPAuditReportReview@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for sending and receiving post-award review inquiries as well as communications with subrecipients.
PostAwardReview@unc.edu
This inbox is responsible for desk audit requirement submissions and a resource for any questions from departments on campus.
Sponsored Programs Office (SPO)
SPO is the unit responsible for all School of Medicine (SOM) applications and pre-award actions.
Email: grants@unc.edu
Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS)
ORIS provides quality IT/IS support to research offices at the University in addition to designing and maintaining information systems for use by faculty and staff within the research community.
Systems Supported: ACAP, AIR, ALICE, Backbone, Blue, IRBIS, RAMSeS
Help Desk: lsaddler@unc.edu or (919) 843-2594
Additional IT/IS Support
CRMS: crms@unc.edu
ecrt: ecrt_help@unc.edu
Desktop support: help.unc.edu
Office of Clinical Trials (OCT)
Provides compliance and regulatory support for clinical trials at UNC.
Email: oct@unc.edu or (919) 843-2698
Website: https://research.unc.edu/clinical-trials/
Conflict of Interest (COI)
Responsible for implementing the policies and processes related to the integrity of its decision-making processes, along with partnering offices and committees across the University.
Email: coi@unc.edu or (919) 843-9953
Website: https://research.unc.edu/compliance/coi/
IRB and the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE)
Responsible for ethical and regulatory oversight of research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that involves human subjects. OHRE supports and oversees the work of the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs).
Email: irb_questions@unc.edu or (919) 966-3113
Website: https://research.unc.edu/human-research-ethics/
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Oversees the University’s animal care and use program and is responsible for reviewing all animal care applications using vertebrate animals, ensuring compliance with federal animal welfare regulations, inspecting animal facilities and investigator laboratories, investigating animal concerns, and overseeing training and educational programs. *Also called the Office of Animal Care & Use (OACU).
Email: iacuc@med.unc.edu or (919) 966-5569
Website: https://research.unc.edu/iacuc/