Research Administration Directory

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Note: This department routes all proposals through Dell Medical School

Sydney Bair — Program Manager, Office of Research, Dell Medical School
Email: sydney.bair@austin.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Mercy Cristina Avellan — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: grants@physics.utexas.edu

Lauren Constant — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: lauren.constant@austin.utexas.edu

• Development, preparation, budget creation and justifications, compliance verification, and submission of research proposals to federal, state, local, foundation, or industry sponsor agencies and organizations
• Office of Sponsored Projects liaison
• Effort certification assistance, no-cost extensions, credit requests
• Preparation of progress, performance, or ad hoc reports as requested by sponsor or PIs
• Assist in use of the following systems: Research Management System (RMS), eRA Commons, FastLane, ORCID, NIH Commons, Cayuse, SciENcv, etc.

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Scott Webel — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: swebel@austin.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sarah Durand — Assistant Director for Finance
Email: sarah.durand@utexas.edu

Joel Vinciguerra — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: jvinciguerra@austin.utexas.edu

Research project coordination, pre- and post-award support, including: budget review, review of general grant requirements, OSP grant submission.

Associate Dean for Research and Facilities

Andreas Matouschek, Ph.D.
Email: matouschek@austin.utexas.edu

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

Research Contact

Emily Cole — Director of Strategic Research Initiatives
Email: emily.cole@austin.utexas.edu

Anise Hawkins — Program Manager, Strategic Research Initiatives
Email: ahawkins@austin.utexas.edu

Angel Syrett — Research Development Officer
Email: angelita@austin.utexas.edu

College-wide tactical research support for faculty and staff

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

John Richburg, Ph.D.
Email: john.richburg@austin.utexas.edu

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

Research Contact

Christi Fannon — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: christina.fannon@austin.utexas.edu

LaKesha Henry — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: lakesha.henry@utexas.edu

Katie Traughber — Administrative Manager and Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: katie.traughber@austin.utexas.edu
Graduate student support

Dorothy Gillette — Administrative Services Officer
Email: dgillette@austin.utexas.edu
College-wide post award administration support

Vice Dean of Research

William Matsui, M.D.
Email: william.matsui@austin.utexas.edu

Vice Dean of Research Website 
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contacts

Thomas Street, J.D., Ph.D. — Director of Research Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Data Privacy
Email: thomas.street@austin.utexas.edu

Jessica Miller — Assistant Director of Research Operations
Email: jessica.miller@austin.utexas.edu

Mickey Roberts — Assistant Director of Sponsored Projects
Email: mickey.roberts@austin.utexas.edu

Arshad Javed – Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ajaved@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-Award support for Surgery, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences Departments

Monica Aguilar – Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: monica.aguilar@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-Award support for Neurology, Psychiatry, Women’s Health, Neurosurgery, and Ophthalmology Departments

Mitzi Sicking – Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: mitzi.sicking@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-Award support for Oncology, Population Health, Health Social Work, Diagnostic Medicine, Medical Education, and Center for Health & Environment: Education & Research (CHEER),

Kayla Brumley – Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: kayla.brumley@austin.utexas.edu
Post-Award support including invoicing, NCE’s, budget forecasting.

The Sponsored Projects Administration team works with faculty members and staff to support the full lifecycle of a sponsored project.

Discovery to Impact Units and Contact Information, when you need help with:

• Intellectual Property Development
• Business Development
• Licensing and Collaborative Research
• Creating a community for collaborative research and entrepreneurship: Texas Innovation Center
• Commercializing innovations: Austin Technology Incubator
• Program Development

Tools:

The Navigator
Disclosing an invention
For Inventors/Entrepreneurs

Foundation Relations Website

Visit the Grant Application Guide on the Foundation Relations website and complete the Partnership Interest form to request assistance.

Foundation Relations staff assist faculty and researchers in identifying potential foundation funding sources for their research, programs, and projects, as well as developing strategies to approach funders. Other services include:

• Writing
• Editing
• Institutional supporting materials
• Submission
• Cover letter

Find contact information here.

Associate Dean for Research

Paul von Hippel, Ph.D.
Email: paulvonhippel@utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Associate Dean for Research

David A. Harrison, Ph.D.
Email: drdaveharrison@mail.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Lisa Stacavich — Faculty Affairs Manager
Email: lisa.stacavich@mccombs.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research

Maya Henry, Ph.D.
Email: maya.henry@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists
Research Office Website

Research Contact

Vanessa O. Lopez — Director of Research Administration
Email: volopez@austin.utexas.edu
Leadership and primary contact for all research matters in the Moody College of Communication.

Julie Campos — Director of Pre-Award Research Administration
Email: julie.campos@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-award contact for proposal development & submissions, and awards set-up.

Brianna Jackson — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: brianna.jackson@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award contact for award administration, including account transactions.

The Research Office provides comprehensive research administrative support for the entire sponsored project lifecycle and serves as the primary liaison with the Office of Sponsored Projects.

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.

OSP Staff Directory

Research Contact

Pre-Award
Elena Mota — Associate Director
Email: evmota@austin.utexas.edu

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

Grants Financial Management
Linda Haster — Associate Director
Email: linda.haster@austin.utexas.edu

Operations and Training
Gina Bhakta — Sr. Manager of Data & Systems Operations
Email: bhakta@austin.utexas.edu

OVPR Staff Directory
OVPR Research Development
UT Research Management Suite
Bridging Barriers

Research Development Contact

• Jennifer Gardner, Ph.D., Deputy Vice President for Research
• Lena Suk, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Investigator Skill-Building
• Kayla Dryden, Research Development Officer, Grant Support and Research Administration
• Bob McGarrett, Program Director - Limited Submission and OVPR-Administered Grants
• Bridging Barriers: BridgingBarriers@austin.utexas.edu

Services Provided

The OVPR Research Development team strategically oversees campus-level initiatives that promote collaborative research, including the UT Pop-Up Institutes and our campus-wide research grand challenges initiative, Bridging Barriers. We also provide competitive intelligence and tactical proposal development support to cross-college teams of researchers pursuing center grants and other major external funding. We facilitate collaborative relationships among faculty through a research mentor-pairing program, and we organize investigator skill-building events that enable motivated early career researchers to seek advice from successful PIs.

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.

Interim Associate Dean for Research

James L. Howison, Ph.D.
Email: jhowison@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

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

Associate Dean for Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

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

Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
Email: ccubbin@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 — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: gustavo.gallegos@austin.utexas.edu

Ezra Rebollar — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ezra.rebollar@austin.utexas.edu

Pre-award Services:

Aubrey Vinklarek — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: aubrey.vinklarek@austin.utexas.edu

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

Faculty Affairs - Executive Vice President and Provost Website

Access academic assistance for research questions and citation needs. Find resources and expertise for scholarly research. Discover instructional support services for faculty and students.

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

• Subject Librarians for Research Support: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/?b=s
• Research Data Services: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/research-data-services
• Copyright: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright
• 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

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Tony Araguz — Department Manager
Email: araguzt@austin.utexas.edu
Provides research support for investigators in IUPRA, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts.

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Katie Beth Willis — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: katiebeth@austin.utexas.edu
Research administration support

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Erica Alvarez — Department Manager
Email: erica.alvarez@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award support, including account management, human resources support for employees paid on grant funds, and assistance with travel, purchasing, cash advance, and other processes required for post award spending.

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

James Medina, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: james.medina@austin.utexas.edu 

Ali Meurer — Research Personnel Coordinator
Email: alison.meurer@austin.utexas.edu
Human resource services