Research Support and Operations
Program Management
Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC)-focused Programmatic Support
We provide non-technical programmatic support with DoD and IC sponsors, engaging and working closely with all University stakeholders (PI, OCG, CCO, Export Control, the Preserve, etc), industry partners and government sponsors to ensure programmatic success.
NSI Programmatic Support Offers:
- Proposal and award strategy; important if competitive proposal
- Execution strategy
- Clarification of roles and responsibilities and relevant objectives and expectations
- Full understanding of award obligations, deliverables, and expectations
- Kick-off meeting to ensure the award is fully understood by stakeholders (technical objectives, budget, milestones/deliverables, schedule, responsibilities, etc..)
- Comprehensive assessment, planning, management, monitoring, and mitigation of:
- Stakeholders
- Communications
- Schedule
- Budget and Resources
- Subcontracts
- Risks
- Compliance
- Procurement
- Milestones and Deliverables
- Follow-on/Additional work strategy
- Deliverables – all deliverables are provided to Sponsor
- Meetings and communications – attend relative meetings, capture action items, communicate when appropriate with the Sponsor
- Invoices – ensure all are issued and paid, including for subcontract awards
- Close-out meeting with primary stakeholders to ensure all actions required are taken and outstanding issues addressed
Proposal Development
We can help faculty:
- Engage key industry and government partners
- Identify new funded research opportunities
- Facilitate proposal development
Compliance
We can assist with:
- Ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS, export control and CUI regulations
- Facilitating restricted research approval and compliance
- Facilitating compliance with physical and cybersecurity requirements
Contracting
Our team can:
- Advise on contract strategy/type
- Draft, negotiate, and manage FAR-based contracts and related non-monetary agreements
- Serve as signature authority for National Security contracts