Research Support and Operations
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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
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Proposal Development
We can help faculty:
- Develop budgets and ensure proposal formats adhere to sponsor guidelines
- Submit proposals as an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR)
- Complete an internal record and assist with sponsor post-submission requests
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Compliance
We help coordinate internal compliance requirements for:
- Export controls
- Restricted research
- Cybersecurity
- Physical security
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Contracting
Our OCG contracts support provides NSI researchers and Faculty Affiliates with:
- Specific expertise and applied experience in national security contracting
- Assistance navigating university requirements related to national security projects