Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance

The Office of Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance (SPaRC) is responsible for the review, submission, and acceptance of grants, contracts, and agreements for research and scholarly work. SPaRC is committed to service excellence, faculty development, and promoting research compliance and integrity.

How SPaRC Works With You

Pre-Proposal Activities:
Discuss early phases of project ideas to identify potential funding sources.

Proposal Development Activities:
Assist with all stages of proposal development, including budget preparation, certifications, forms, and cover sheet; prepare a proposal outline based upon grant requirements; obtain institutional letters of support; coordinate proposal submission with research administrators at collaborating institutions; ensure adherence to and provide interpretation of College, sponsor, and government guidelines; submit proposals electronically and/or hard-copy on behalf of the institution.

Grant Administration/Management Activities:
Assist with sponsor communication and correspondence after an award is made; notify principal investigators when progress reports are due.

Research Compliance:
Provide guidance, coordination, and oversight for research compliance matters, such as protection of human participants (IRB), Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), animal care and use (IACUC), and intellectual property. Provide oversight and signature authority on Material Transfer Agreements, Data Use Agreements, Federal Wide Assurances (FWAs), and other research agreements.

SPaRC Portal Site

Institutional Review Board

Policies and Procedures

Recent Grant Awards

Dr. Victoria Templer (Psychology), “Representation of Space, Sociality, and Inference in the Rat and Monkey Mind and Brain” Association for Psychological Science – Latest Cattell Sabbatical Researchers Will Focus on Animal Cognition, Child Development, and Emotion – Association for Psychological Science – APS
Dr. Raymond Hain (Humanities), “Virtuous Citizens: Integrating Virtue and Leadership through the Saint Dominic Fellows Program at Providence College” National Endowment for the Humanities – NEH Announces $75.1 Million for 84 Humanities Projects | National Endowment for the Humanities
Dr. Seann Mulcahy (Chemistry & Biochemistry), “Harnessing Atropisomerism in beta-Carbolines for the Discovery of New Reactions and Small Molecule Probes” National Institutes of Health
Dr. James Bailey (Economics), “States of Stasis: The Effect of State-Level Regulation on Entrepreneurship and Employment” Institute for Humane Studies
Dr. Jeffrey Markert (Biology), “Traces on the Tides: Surveying Biodiversity and Adaptation Using eDNA Technologies” Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation
Dr. Noah Hammond (Engineering & Physics), “Coupling Europa’s Tides, Fault Motions and near-Surface Melt Dynamics” National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Dr. Laura Boynton-Hauerwas (Elementary/Special Education), “Testing the Impact of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD)” U.S. Department of Education
Dr. Krishan Oberoi (Music), “Japanese Traditions and the Modern Influence of Westernization” Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation
Dr. Laura Murray (Mathematics & Computer Science), “Quantum Field Theories and Elliptic Cohomology” National Science Foundation

Dalila G. Alves

Interim Director, Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance
401.865.2935
dalves@providence.edu

Fiona Clarke

Grant Specialist
fclarke@providence.edu