Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance Office (SPARC)
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.
Department News
Fulbright Scholar Program Workshop
Fulbright Competition and Webinar Announcement
The Institute of International Education has launched the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition, which offers 400 unique awards for U.S. citizens to teach, research, and conduct professional projects in more than 130 countries. The deadline for application submission is September 15, 2023. Faculty and staff interested in learning more about the traditional Scholar Award among other opportunities (Global Scholar, Public Policy Fellowship, Arctic Initiative, and Amazonia) may join their peers from around Oregon for a virtual presentation featuring Fulbright’s Jordanna Enrich, Director of the U.S. Scholar Program, on April 7, 2023, at noon. Registration is required for this online event. Please reach out to Kelly DelFatti in SPARC with other questions or if you need assistance preparing an application.
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)
Through three separate actions to date, the federal government made emergency funds available to institutions of higher education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Allocated by the Department of Education, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) were intended to provide pandemic relief to both enrolled students and institutions related to the pandemic’s disruption of campuses. These three laws are known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or HEERF I), the CRRSAA (Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act or HEERF II), and the ARP (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or HEERF III).
Financial aid applicants had the opportunity to receive a financial aid adjustment due to the recent unemployment of a family member or independent student, or other circumstances, described in section 479A of the HEA (20 USC § 1087tt). More information about this process can be found via the following links: Undergraduate students, Graduate Students, and Law Students.
[Page updated 7/5/22]
Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance is located in room 208 of Albany on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 47
email sponsres@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7211
SPARC uses a team email, so please email sponsres@lclark.edu
with questions or if we can be of assistance.
Assistant Vice President
Kelly L. DelFatti, CRA
503-768-7211
delfatti@lclark.edu
Research Administrator
Jessica Sweeney, MA
503-768-7193
jessicasweeney@lclark.edu
Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 47
Portland OR 97219