This refers to the Authorized Organizational Representatives, who are authorized to submit sponsored program applications on behalf of JMU.  (See the Code of Federal Regulations and JMU Policy 4100.)

Your grants specialist will provide the name and contact information for your AOR.  Except in very rare circumstances, it will be OSP's director or assistant/associate director in OSP.

JMU is already registered as an applicant in SAM.gov and has a UEI.  PIs do not need to register in SAM.gov.  PIs do not need to register for their own UEI.

Please put: James Madison University

Do not put your department, center, or anything else.  Sponsored program proposals are formally submitted by the Authorized Organizations Representatives acting on behalf of the university.

PIs do NOT need to go through the process of acquiring one of these numbers.  As JMU submits the applications, you should use JMU's number.  These are collected below:

• Federal ID Number/IRS Number/EIN: 54-6001756
• DUNS Number: 87-932-5355
• EUI Number: MVTKSCN6NMH3
• CAGE Code: OE9W6
• NAICS Code (formerly SIC): 611310

Type: State Institution of Higher Education

For a description, please use text and information from JMU's About page, which has the most up-to-date information on the number of undergraduate and graduate students and programs of study.

Address: Please put the address for the Office of Sponsored Programs:

Office of Sponsored Programs
Foundation Hall
1031 Harrison Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
MSC 5728

Phone: Please put the phone number for the Office of Sponsored Programs:
(540) 568-6872

Email: Please put grants@jmu.edu.

Typically, your name and contact information is entered where the proposal asks for information about the Principal Investigator, Project Director, or Technical Contact.

For the Institutional Review Board (IRB):
IRB FWA: 00007339

For the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC):
IACUC: D16-00510 A3890-01, filed 7-18-91

For more details, see the Office of Research Integrity.

JMU's Negotiated Indirect Costs Rate Agreement is negotiated with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and so they are our Federal Cognizant Audit Agency.  The relevant address is:

Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Cost Allocation
Cohen Bldg., Room 1067
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

Phone: (301) 492-4855

Point of contact: Steven Zuraf

Sponsored programs financial issues, and particularly post-award finances, are handled by:

Sponsored Program Financial Services
Foundation Hall
MSC 5713
1031 Harrison Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Phone: (540) 568-8099

We are always happy to assist with sponsored programs applications at any stage. Our role is to ensure that sponsored program applications comply with JMU, sponsor, state, and other relevant regulations, and so we are always happy to discuss your plans to identify any potential concerns, so that you can address them early.  Please submit our interest form to let us know your plans, even if you are at the letter of intent or pre-proposal stage. 

You must work with us if the letter of intent or pre-proposal requires a line-item budget, particularly if the budget is binding.  More information on the budgeting process.  Often, a sponsor only requires an approximate amount at the letter of intent/pre-proposal stage.  In this case, you are not required to consult with us, but we strongly recommend it, in order to ensure that the figure you give the sponsor accounts for all relevant costs.

Regardless, please always send us a copy of your submitted letter of intent or pre-proposal materials.  This enables us to provide better service should you be invited to prepare a full proposal.

Often, a letter of intent or pre-proposal does not need to be routed for approval following the JMU approval process.  This is because these are frequently not binding, and there can be significant changes between what is proposed at this initial stage and what is in the actual proposal that is developed at the later stage.

However, if your letter of intent or pre-proposal includes a line-item budget, we will generally require it to be routed for approval using Cayuse, especially if the proposed budget is binding.  If you are not sure if a letter of intent or pre-proposal will need to be routed for approval, please reach out.  We would be happy to assist you.