The office of Oversight, Analysis & Reporting (OAR) is an institutional level oversight mechanism. OAR represents a fundamental principle of the University of Minnesota Sponsored Projects Oversight Model:

OAR provides reports and assists units with establishing recurring risk measurement and exception reporting practices. OAR has defined measures and performs sponsored project oversight at the following levels:

• Central Sponsored Project Offices
• Departmental/Collegiate
• Principal Investigator
• Transactional

OAR's mission is to provide institutional expertise in analysis, reporting, oversight and resolution of financial compliance issues throughout the sponsored research community.

In support of our mission,

• we provide managerial information to units and help them understand the potential risks that exist within their sponsored programs
• we monitor and maintain currency of knowledge of federal, state and University policies, and communicate them through various means
• we monitor grants management tools and processes to ensure their effectiveness
• we manage the Certified Approver Program
• we provide reports and analysis regarding sponsored program information
• we support the key principles of the University of Minnesota Sponsored Project Oversight Model

• Advocates for compliance
• Commitment to ethics and integrity
• Mutual trust
• Non-crisis, non-adversarial resource
• Promote communication
• Model and support change
• Build upon relationships
• Success through education

• Identify and track key measures of sponsored project risk.
• Take timely action when performance is not on track.
• Be proactive when promoting compliance education.
• Be responsive to those that contact us for assistance.
• Be service-minded when providing compliance resources