Office of Award Management

The Office of Award Management (OAM) ensures accountable, efficient stewardship of U.S. National Science Foundation financial assistance. The office's work spans the entire award lifecycle — from policy development and proposal assessment to award issuance, post-award oversight and agency performance and evidence-building. OAM partners with programs, institutions and stakeholders to ensure efficient use of taxpayer funds and enable impactful science and engineering research. The office: - Develops and publishes NSF proposal and award policies and performs pre-award financial and compliance reviews. - Issues grants and cooperative agreements and provides post-award oversight, including monitoring, audits and targeted compliance reviews. - Oversees NSF major facilities and mid?scale research infrastructure portfolios and manages NSF award management systems. - Leads agency performance management and evidence-building efforts, including the Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan/Report, Annual Evaluation Plan, Agency Priority Goals and activities supporting the President's Management Agenda.