The Office of Sponsored Programs-Contracts Management (OSP-CM) is a division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Office of Research. We serve as the central Medical Center office for contract intake, processing, negotiation, and management. OSP-CM reviews both research and non-research contracts. Research agreements include bench research, clinical trials, federal contracts, and federal subcontracts. Non-research agreements include professional services, educational, and affiliation agreements.
Our office maintains over 10,000 agreements at any given time, including Clinical Trial Agreements, Federal Subcontracts , Confidentiality Agreements, Data Use Agreements and a vast array of professional and medical services agreements with state and local governments as well as private industry.
OSP-CM's staff is organized into teams. There are two Industry Teams and two General Teams. Each team consists of Contract Analysts, Senior Contract Analysts and a Team Leader. Each Team Leader reports to John Plummer, Director, Contracts Management. In turn, our director reports to Clint Brown, MBA, CRA, Associate Vice President for Research, Sponsored Programs. Clint Brown reports to Dr. Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Research and Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer.
Our goal is to support the VUMC community in efforts to fulfill the research, education, and patient care missions of the institution. To this end, we are committed to providing information, tools, and services including, but not limited to, policy interpretation, compliance assurance, and contract management.
The OSP-CM Staff is comprised of professionals committed to the best possible customer service. We strive to develop positive, enduring relationships with our internal customers, external funding entities, and our partners across the region, country, and world.