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Aaron Choate — Director of Research and Strategy
Email: achoate@austin.utexas.edu

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• Research Data Services: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/research-data-services
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• Open Access at UT Austin: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/oa
• NIH Public Access Overview: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/nih/publicaccess
• Digital Humanities Tools and Resources: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/digitalhumanities
• PCL Data Lab: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/datalab

Associate Dean for Research

Esther Calzada, Ph.D.
Email: esther.calzada@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Carol M. Lewis, Ph.D. — Executive Director
Email: carolmarie@austin.utexas.edu
Daily operation of the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and departmental review for IRB proposals

Post-award Services:

Gus Gallegos — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: gustavo.gallegos@austin.utexas.edu

Alisa Hernandez — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: alisahernandez@austin.utexas.edu

Ezra Rebollar — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ezrarebollar3@austin.utexas.edu

Pre-award Services:

Aubrey Vinklarek — Senior Manager of Research Administration
Email: aubrey.vinklarek@austin.utexas.edu

Kristan Gannaway — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: kristan.gannaway@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research

Kavita Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Email: kradhakrishnan@mail.nur.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Cindy Taylor — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ctaylor@nursing.utexas.edu
Pre-award and budget development support:

• Group grantwriting sessions, individual grantwriting consultation, mock study sections, and “think tanks” for faculty submitting research proposals for extramural funding.
• Support in preparation and submission of extramural faculty research and graduate student research training grant applications.
• Editing of faculty manuscripts and research proposals.
• Post-award fiscal management.
• Individual consultation in research methods and statistics.
• Individual consultation and group discussion to review summary statements from reviewers of previously submitted proposals.
• Assistance for faculty and students with obtaining Departmental Review Committee (DRC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for projects involving human subjects.
• Workshops on grant-related topics of interest for faculty.
• Notification of research funding opportunities.

Cortney Jones — Grant Administrative Associate
Email: cortney.jones@nursing.utexas.edu
Post-award services:

• Budget management
• Reporting assistance

Associate Dean for Research

Melissa Wasserman, Ph.D.
Email: mwasserman@law.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Interim Associate Dean for Research

Kenneth Fleischmann, Ph.D.
Email: kfleisch@ischool.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Ida Rahnamai — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ida.rahnamai@ischool.utexas.edu
Faculty grants and contracts budget liaison; UT Office of Sponsored Projects liaison.

Associate Dean for Research and Technology

Allan W. Shearer, Ph.D.
Email: ashearer@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research and Technology Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sarah Wu — Assistant Director of Research Administration
Email: sarahwu@austin.utexas.edu
Provide grants services through all the stages of proposal development and submission. Match grant searches to faculty expertise with available funding, proposal development, proposal editing, review for compliance, and budget development. Support is available through all the stages of proposal development and submission.

Research Contact

Pre-Award
Monica Swift — Associate Director
Email: monica.swift@austin.utexas.edu

Post-Award
Tania Tost — Director
Email: ttost@austin.utexas.edu

Contracting
Jessica Fernandez — Associate Director
Email: jessica.fernandez@austin.utexas.edu

Research Website

Research Contact

Tracy Hardwick — Assistant Director, Administrative Services
Email: tracy.hardwick@arlut.utexas.edu
Manage the accounting for all the research grants and contracts that ARL has. Prepare and review the various service center rates ARL has. Complete payroll for ARL staff and students.