Research at Rush

Office of Sponsored Projects

Contract Approval Process

(Covers MTAs, Confidentiality Agreements and Contracts)

Two copies of the document are submitted to the Office of Sponsored Research Projects (OSRP) along with a completed and signed Grants and Contracts Routing Form.
OSRP logs document, completes routing form and does the initial review. Budget is negotiated by the principal investigator. The contract is sent to Legal Affairs for review.
Legal Affairs returns the documents and comments. The negotiation process begins when OSRP e-mails any changes needed in the contract to the sponsor.
The issues are addressed with sponsor and, when necessary, discussed with Legal Affairs and the principal investigator.
Resolution is reached with sponsor. Two copies of final document are forwarded from sponsor to OSRP.
Signatures are obtained from the director of sponsored research projects and, if necessary, the principal investigator. Documents are returned by principal onvestigator along with OSRP’s cover letter to the sponsor.
The sponsor returns a copy of executed document to OSRP.
OSRP initiates establishment of fund for the contract. A copy of the executed contract and fund accounting letter is forwarded to the principal investigator.
All documentation is filed. For more information about this process, see or download the Contract Approval Flow Chart (PDF, 56k).



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