Submitting Award Documents

How to Submit an Award Document

Externally-sponsored grant and contract awards must be approved by Sponsored Programs Administration and/or General Counsel at Creighton University. A detailed description of how to process an externally-sponsored grant award agreement or contract is below. Please contact Sponsored Programs Administration at 402-280-5769 with any questions. 

  1. If the PI receives a grant award document or contract, a copy should be forwarded to Sponsored Programs Administration at spa@creighton.edu.
  2. Sponsored Programs Administration will review the document and, if necessary, forward to General Counsel for legal review. If legal review is not required, Sponsored Programs Administration will process the award in InfoEd.
  3. If legal review is required, General Counsel will review the draft and make required changes or comments. (See Checklist of Required Elements in an Externally Sponsored Contract/Agreement (PDF). General Counsel will return e-mail to the PI and/or designee with instructions to return contract/agreement to sponsor requesting the changes.
  4. Once a final document is received, Sponsored Programs Administration will obtain the necessary signatures and process the award in InfoEd.
  5. Sponsored Programs Administration will return any signed documents to the PI electronically or as a hard copy, per sponsor requirements.
  6. The PI will receive an email from Grants Accounting with the new fund number for the awarded project.