Designed as a standard reference and training resource for administrators and project managers, this handbook discusses how to plan, organize, and manage sponsored projects in any organizational setting. It provides detailed, how-to-do-it information and many resources for: negotiating grants, awards, and contracts; organizing a sponsored projects office; complying with sponsor requirements; determining project costs; budgeting and managing finances; writing project proposals; improving information and decision-making systems; developing efficient communication techniques; and other key functions. The book's four main sections include: Introduction; Administrative Functions and Practices; Management Issues in Special Areas; and New Developments. Among the resources appended are an Office of Sponsored Projects faculty evaluation form; excerpts from the National Science Foundation guidelines for proposal preparation; a checklist for a proposal budget; sample human subjects review forms; acronyms used in sponsored projects administration; federal regulations pertaining to sponsored projects; and a select bibliography of information sources. (LB)