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Research Playbooks

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The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), Operational Excellence opens in a new tab team and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research opens in a new tab (OVCR) collaborated on initiatives to improve and streamline the management of externally sponsored research programs at the University. In a recent memo (PDF), you learned more about this partnership and the development of a new tool/resource called Research Playbooks.

Research Playbooks are an online resource intended to support researchers and research administrators in managing all stages of the award lifecycle – from proposal to closeout.

Proposal Playbook

 

Download Proposal Playbook (PDF)

Industry Contract Playbook

 

Download Industry Contract Playbook (PDF)

Operational Excellence

The goal of Operational Excellence opens in a new tab is to create a high-functioning administrative operation that supports the University’s key mission of teaching, learning and research.

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Work on this initiative engages the whole University community in a structured and collaborative way. Operational Excellence does not begin projects with a solution in mind, but with what we aspire our administrative operations to be. From there, a variety of University stakeholders work backward to create a plan to achieve the goal and the solutions are developed with the culture of each school and unit in mind.

To learn more about Operational Excellence work and its impact, read the Academic Year 2018-19 Annual Report opens in a new tab.

Working with Research

The collaboration with the Operational Excellence opens in a new tab team and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research opens in a new tab focused on efforts to streamline the management of externally sponsored research programs at the University. The intent of this engagement partnership is to add structure to interactions between central research offices (OSP and the Sponsored Programs Office opens in a new tab) and school/unit research administrators (RAs).

The research playbook for proposals will guide RAs through the pre-award process for federal and nonprofit awards. These new resources will help Carolina achieve the following objectives:

  • Reduce the time in award set-up
  • Improve the quality of proposal submissions
  • Reduce department response time

For more information on this collaboration please see this memo (PDF).

Contact

For any technical assistance or to report functional issues with a Research Playbook, please contact SponsoredPrograms@unc.edu.

For assistance on proposal or award management, please contact your OSP Sponsored Programs Specialist or SPO Grants Manager – find your contact here opens in a new tab.

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