Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance Office
The mission of the Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance Office (SPARC) at Lewis & Clark is to provide faculty and staff with professional and quality service in support of research and creative endeavors throughout their careers, which includes securing and managing external grants. Please contact us early so we can help!
Developing a Grant Proposal
SPARC helps identify funding opportunities, aids in proposal and budget development, and facilitates the submission of grant applications. SPARC provides support for individual, collaborative, and institutional proposals.
Managing an Award
SPARC works closely with faculty and staff throughout the life cycle of a funded project, from award set-up to closeout. SPARC helps ensure financial compliance with award terms and conditions, applicable regulations, and institutional requirements.
Research Integrity and Compliance
Lewis & Clark is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity in research and scholarship, whether externally funded or not. SPARC is a resource for research compliance with regard to institutional policies, applicable regulations, and required training.
Funding News
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Associate Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry Anne Bentley has received the 2020 Rising Star Award from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC). -
It’s a persistent question: How do you prepare large populations for an emergency? Funded by a grant of more than half a million dollars from the National Science Foundation, an interdisciplinary team of Lewis & Clark faculty and students is creating a video game to educate and enlist young people in that critical process. -
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Lewis & Clark a $559,617 grant for a transformative interdisciplinary project that engages faculty members from four CAS departments.
SPARC News
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In this issue: Dr. Greg Hermann on mentoring students, the College’s new Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, plus a complete list of recent awards, and more. -
After years of specimen collecting, venom milking, and proteomic sequencing, arachnologist and Lewis & Clark Professor of Biology Greta Binford and her team have published evidence to put to rest a longstanding urban legend: the venom of the daddy long-legs spider won’t hurt you. Their research appears in the new issue of Frontiers in Evolution and Ecology. -
Faculty submitted 31 new grant proposals since September and received a number of new awards. You will find the complete list of recent awards, along with reminders and updates, in the Sponsored Research Spring Newsletter.