SPAC
Our Teams
Contact: spacsetup@umaryland.edu
The Setup team processes all awards, continuations, NCE, etc. for an award that has changes to its initial or after the fact project basis or budget structure. They setup and maintain the award/project structure through the life of the award for all sources, 315, 335, 345, 365 & 375.
- When is my project going to be set up
- My project is setup wrong
- The PI, Sponsor or F&A is wrong on the award
- Why is my project set up this way
- Why can’t I have multiple projects
- Why are the projects on different awards.
- Need cost share on my award
- Question on a child project
- Questions on Temp Awards unless it is to setup a temp which would first start at SPA
- My budget is wrong on my award
- My budget is not showing up in QA
- Questions on NCE, expirations
Billing Teams
Director: Michelle Ward, michelle.ward@umaryland.edu
Assistant Director: Krista Salsberg, ksalsberg@umaryland.edu
Non Fed Billing Team
Contact: billnonfed@umaryland.edu
Bill Non-Fed is the team that processes all cost-based awards that are not directly from a federal sponsor. When you search your award in Quantum Analytics, your award profile card gives you the billing basis of your award. If it is a type: 335, 345, 365 or 375 and your billing basis is “Cost” or “Schedule/Cost” this is your team. Soon, we will have the team appear on the award profile for ease of identification.
Fed Billing Team
Contact: billfed@umaryland.edu
Bill FED is the team that processes all cost-based awards that are directly from a federal sponsor. When you search your award in Quantum Analytics, your award profile card gives you the billing basis of your award. If it is a type: 315 and your billing basis is “Cost” this is your team.
VMS Billing Team
Contact: billvms@umaryland.edu
Bill Volume_Milestone_Schedule is the team that processes all volume, milestone, and scheduled billing for any type of source: 315, 335, 345, 365 or 375 . When you search your award in Quantum Analytics, your award profile card gives you the billing basis of your award. If it is a type: and your billing basis is “Volume” “Milestone” or “Schedule” this is your team. Soon, we will have the team appear on the award profile for ease of identification.
- Where is my bill
- I need to do an adj on my ROE
- Why did you bill this way
- Questioned costs on billing
- Need to bill this project
- Sponsor contacted me about the bill
Reporting, Collection & AR and Cost
Director: Rama Camara Spasic, rcamaraspasic@umaryland.edu
Quality Assurance FFR Reporting Team
Contact: spacffr@umaryland.edu
The FFR Team – also known as Quality Assurance now handles all awards that have a billing basis of LOC and a source of 315.
- I need my FFR submitted
- Why was my FFR submitted for that amount
- My FFR seems incorrect
- Question on Draws
- Who can sign my FFR
- Why was my FFR submitted w/out signature
Quality Assurance Behind the scenes tasks:
- Reconciliations
- Refunds
- Relinquishment
- Audits
- Year End
Collections and Accounts Rec (CAR) Team
Contact: spaccollections@umaryland.edu
- Banking information
- ACH or vendor form needs to be filled out
- Have you received my payment
- Why is my payment not showing posted
- How do I obtain a W-9 for a sponsor
- Can I receive the original invoices with my collection letter
- Are you sending a Dunning Letter to this sponsor
- Can you stop dunning a sponsor
- I have a payment in my office how do I get it applied
- My sponsor wants to institute a payment plan
Cost Analysis and Compliance Team
Contact: effort@umaryland.edu
The Costing and Compliance department is tasked with ensuring that these guidelines, along with university policies are adhered too.
- How to do a DR or a BR
- How do you calculate fringe
- Where is our fringe letter
- Where Is our F&A letter
- F&A rate questions
- Service Center questions
- Effort questions
Administrative Team
SPAC is divided into Teams which provide customer service to the campus units. Each Team is responsible for providing collaborative and advisory post award management and financial oversight of Sponsored Projects to department administrators, researchers and other University units. This includes award set-up through closeout, award spending, managing billing and collections, financial reporting and ensuring that all aspects are in compliance with the sponsor and university policies.
- I have a survey that needs to be filled out
- I need audited financial statement
- I need an A133 subrecipient survey filled
- I need vendor banking information (if CAR did not answer)
- Any PRE-AWARD needs should be handled by SPA and if you need further financial information, please forward to Nathan
Quick Links
Sponsored Projects Accounting and Compliance
Contact
220 Arch St.
Room 02-125
Baltimore, MD 21201
For information, please contact Nathan Hollaway at nhollaway@umaryland.edu. Visit Administration and Finance for a full list of related offices.