Sponsored Programs Office

The Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) helps Hamline faculty and staff develop and submit grant and contract proposals to governmental and private sponsors.
  
If you are a faculty or staff member at Hamline University, the SPO can help you:

• find sources of funding from among private and governmental agencies by tapping online search engines and other resources;
  
  
• access and manage online submission engines that external sponsors commonly use (Grants.gov, NIH eRA Commons, NSF Fastlane, and others);
  
  
• understand and interpret complex sponsor guidelines and solicitations;
  
  
• develop budgets for grant proposals that are accurate and constructed in a way that is consistent with agency guidelines and Hamline policies;
  
  
• secure and document the commitment of internal cash and in-kind matching resources in support of your sponsored project;
  
  
• navigate the internal review and approval process that is required of all proposals prior to their submission to an external sponsor;
  
  
• conduct follow-up communications with sponsors, interpret reviewers' comments, and position you to re-apply when a proposal is not funded; and,
  
  
• assist you with non-financial grant reporting requirements.