Sponsored Program Accounting
Sponsored Program Accounting (SPA) is responsible for the post-award administration of sponsored programs (federal, state, local and private grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements). SPA establishes and maintains sponsored program accounts budgets funds upon receipt of sponsored agreements, prepares billings and requests for reimbursement, receives and records payments, records gifts made to LSU, monitors collection of payments from sponsors, prepares financial, property and patent reports, and processes sponsored program budget adjustments and expenditure transfers.
SPA also administers Effort Certifications for the documentation of an employee's workload distribution.