Research Administration Directory

Use this lookup feature to find research administration support. If you cannot find your specific college or school, contact the OVPR Research Development Team.

Cockrell School of Engineering

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

Fernanda Leite, Ph.D.
Email: fernanda.leite@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Reggie Crim — Director of Research Administration
Email: reggiecrim@austin.utexas.edu

Joey Walker — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist (Pre-Award)
Email: walker@mail.utexas.edu

Nicole Babilya — Manager of Post Award Administration
Email: nicole.babilya@austin.utexas.edu

Julio Fonseca — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: julio@austin.utexas.edu

Comprehensive research administrative support for the entire grant lifecycle is provided to Principal Investigators (PI) and staff at the central college level in the Cockrell School of Engineering (CSE). The team also assists the Associate Dean for Research and the Dean’s Office with identifying solutions to complicated research matters while developing standard post-award procedures for researchers in the college.

Center for Electromechanics

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Steve Brahm — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: s.brahm@cem.utexas.edu
Proposal, contract maintenance to contract closeout. Export controls and security (visual compliance). Equipment control. NDA's and TCP's. Point of contact for any pre-award audits for the center.

Center for Space Research

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Shauna Pendleton — Assistant Director, Research Administration
Email: pendleton@csr.utexas.edu
Post award, financial reporting, accounting, anad compliance.

Center for Water and the Environment

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Melissa Pollard — Administrative Manager
Email: aquarius@utexas.edu
CWE-CTR-Ferguson “CAEE-ORU” Shared Services Team member; faculty, staff, visitor, and student employment; financial reporting; subcontract monitoring and invoicing; approval of vouchers and documents.

Women in Engineering Program

Research Website
WEP Initiatives

Research Contact

Tricia Berry — Executive Director, Women in Engineering Program
Email: triciaberry@utexas.edu
Broader Impacts consulting: expertise in public and K12 outreach and STEM education efforts, access to events and initiatives for broadening participation efforts, connections across the STEM educational and outreach community (schools, districts, teachers, camp programs, informal STEM organizations, Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem, etc.). WEP proposal examples

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Meghan Papszycki — Research Coordinator
Email: meghan.papszycki@austin.utexas.edu
Research coordinator for Adam Bush, Mia Markey, Nicholas Peppas, Pengyu Ren, Grady Rylander, Jeanne Stachowiak

Erika Trevino — Research Coordinator
Email: e.trevino@utexas.edu

Lori Guerra — Research Coordinator
Email: lori.guerra@austin.utexas.edu
Research coordinator for Aaron Baker, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Sapun, Parekh, Laura Suggs, James Tunnell

Carlos Rodriguez — Research Coordinator
Email: carlos.alonso@utexas.edu
Amy Brock, Andrew Dunn, Tyrone Porter, Edward Castillo, Ken Diller, Samantha Santacruz, Stephanie Seidlits, Janet Zoldan

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Melinda McGlaun — Manager of Research Administration
Email: mmcglaun@austin.utexas.edu

  • Pre-award support: proposal submission tasks and documents, requests for information, budget preparation and revision, just-in-time information, assistance with the awards process.
  • Post-award support: no-cost extension and other post-award requests, budget forecasting/spending, subaccount transfers, cost share reports.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Vickie Grier — Pre-Award Grants and Contracts Coordinator
Email: vgrier@austin.utexas.edu

Derek Lopez — Post-Award Financial Analyst
Email: derek.lopez@austin.utexas.edu

College of Education

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Alexandra Loukas, Ph.D.
Email: alexandra.loukas@austin.utexas.edu
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Website
Research Administration Website (COERA)
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Team Email: coera@austin.utexas.edu
 

Liz Kogan — Director of Research Administration
Email: liz.kogan@austin.utexas.edu
Leadership and primary contact for all research matters in the College of Education.

Sylvia Moore — Senior Proposal Specialist
Email: skmoore@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all proposals submitted through College of Education academic departments. Secondary contact for all proposals submitted through TexCEP and MCPER.

Ana Dala — Awards Specialist
Email: ana.dala@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all sponsored projects awards managed on behalf of College of Education academic departments and TexCEP.

Chaz Gardinier — Senior Postaward Specialist
Email: cgardinier@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all post-award administration of projects managed on behalf of College of Education academic departments and TexCEP.

Lisette Pena — Postaward Specialist
Email: lisette.pena@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for coera@austin.utexas.edu and dispatcher of inquiries to team. Primary contact for transactions managed by COERA and academic department liaison.

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

Research Website

Research Contact

Linda García — Executive Director
Email: linda.garcia@cccse.org
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through CCSSE.

Alicia Garza — Business Manager
Email: garza@cccse.org
Primary contact for post-award administration conducted in CCSSE.

Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI)

Research Website

Research Contact

Matt Orem — Executive Director
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through IPSI.

Joy Whitney — Operations Manager
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for pre-award and award administration conducted in IPSI.

Kristyne Blackburn — Finance Manager
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for post-award administration conducted in IPSI.

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Eric Bramblett — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ebramblett@austin.utexas.edu
Pre- and post-award administration. Pre-award includes budgeting and submission, but not grant-writing.

Olga Macha — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: olga.macha@austin.utexas.edu
Primary Contact for all research administration through MCPER, from inception to funding stream end.

National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)

Research Website

Research Contact

Edward J. Leach — Executive Director
Email: ed@nisod.org
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through NISOD.

Sheryl Powell — Associate Director
Email: sheryl@nisod.org
Primary contact for research administration conducted in NISOD.

Texas Center for Equity Promotion

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Esbelle Jowers — Associate Director of Operations
Email: ejowers@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through TexCEP.

Stephanie Strayer — Manager for Research Administration
Email: sstrayer@utexas.edu

College of Fine Arts

College of Fine Arts

Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs

Raquel Monroe, Ph.D.
Email: raquel.monroe@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Tim Creswick — Director of Faculty Advancement
Email: timcreswick@austin.utexas.edu

College of Liberal Arts

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

Robert Crosnoe, Ph.D.
Email: crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Research Support Office

Research Contact

Lindy Aleshire — Manager, Award Services
Email: melinda.aleshire@austin.utexas.edu

Brook Davis — Manager, Proposal Services
Email: davis@austin.utexas.edu

Sheena Moore — Grants Administrator
Email: sheena.moore@austin.utexas.edu

The Research Support Office provides support at the central college level for the entire lifecycle of the sponsored research award from Pre-Award (research and proposal development/submission) to Post-Award (awards set-up/management and post-award oversight and compliance) while serving as the principal investigator’s liaison with OSP.

Department of African and African Diaspora Studies

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.

Department of Government

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

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

Department of Linguistics

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.

Department of Psychology

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Lindsay Murphy — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: lmurphy@austin.utexas.edu

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

Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis (IUPRA)

Research Website
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.

John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies

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.

Latino Research Institute

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Laura Esparza — Assistant Director
Email: laura.esparza@austin.utexas.edu
Pre- and post-award grant administration

LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Aron Muci — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: aron.muci@utexas.edu

Population Research Center

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Meghan D. Tantum — Manager, Assistant Director of Research and Training
Email: meghant@utexas.edu

Sylvia Celedon — Assistant Director of Financial and Business Services
Email: sylvia@prc.utexas.edu

College of Natural Sciences

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

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

Center for Learning and Memory

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Angi Machos — Senior Contracts and Grants Specialist
Email: a.machos@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award and human resource services

Department of Astronomy

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Jennifer Pratt — Contracts and Grants Specialist
Email: jennifer.pratt@austin.utexas.edu

Department of Computer Science

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Catherine Andersson — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: canderss@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting artificial intelligence faculty and students

Megan Booth — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: meganb@cs.utexas.edu
Senior Administrative support for Programs group; HR Partner and voucher processing for the Artificial Intelligence Lab

Eva Fox — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: afox@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting Systems faculty and students

Heidi O’Hora — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: ohora@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting faculty and students in the Center for Information Assurance and Security

Tyra Skinner — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: tls2022@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting the Programming Languages & Compilers research group and AI Laboratory

Jennie Staleski — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: staleski@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting Theory Group, IFML and students

Department of Chemistry

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Janet Bui — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: janet.bui@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-and Post-award support

Department of Human Development & Family Sciences

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Note: This department routes most proposals through Population Research Center

Department of Integrative Biology

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sean Ryan Schaffer — Administrative Manager, Contracts and Grants
Email: schaffer@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-award support for grant submission, mostly NSF, NIH (non-clinical trial), Texas Government sponsors, other small sponsors. Interface with OSP and sponsors on award negotiations, reporting, extensions. Advisory support for post-award administration (account administration, voucher payments, purchasing); Contracts and grants support.

Marine Science Institute

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.

Department of Mathematics

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Angelica Morgan — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: amorgan@austin.utexas.edu

Department of Molecular Biosciences

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Yvette Trujillo Canedo — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist 
Email: ybtrujillo@austin.utexas.edu

Jeremiah Paulus — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: jdpaulus@utexas.edu

Desiree Ledet — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: desiree.ledet@austin.utexas.edu

Linda Beltrán - Manager, Grants and Contracts
Email: lbeltran@austin.utexas.edu

Pre-award grant support: evaluation of funding calls, making the PRF, making writing templates, keeping track of required documents, drafting budgets and justifications, editing documents for formatting and grammar, editing documents for content, drafting model figures, coordinating with collaborating institutions for required documents, uploading documents into submission portals, and coordinating with OSP in general.

Department of Neuroscience

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Cindy Thompson — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: cindy@utexas.edu
Pre-award grant support, and post-award consultation.

Angi Machos — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: a.machos@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award Support

Department of Nutritional Sciences

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

Department of Physics

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.

Department of Statistics and Data Sciences

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

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

College of Pharmacy

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

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

Dell Medical School

Office of Research

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 Contact

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

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

Discovery to Impact

Discovery to Impact

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 Office

Foundation Relations Office

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.

Jackson School of Geosciences

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

Michael Young, Ph.D.
Email: michael.young@beg.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Yolonda M. Moore — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: y.moore@jsg.utexas.edu

Tera Sherrard — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: tera@utexas.edu

Pre- and post-award grant administration

Bureau of Economic Geology

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Gale Ashley — Senior Financial Analyst
Email: gale.ashley@beg.utexas.edu

Marie Victor — Financial Analyst
Email: marie.victor@beg.utexas.edu

Accounting support

Institute for Geophysics

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sara Sieberath — Assistant Director for Research Administration and Finance
Email: sara@ig.utexas.edu
Sponsored project proposals, award negotiation and administration, and reporting

Benjamin Hester — Administrative Services Officer
Email: ben@ig.utexas.edu
Accounting support

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

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

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

McCombs School of Business

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

Susan Broniarczyk, Ph.D.
Email: susan.broniarczyk@mccombs.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

Moody College of Communication

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Interim Associate Dean for Research

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

Interim 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.

Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors

Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors

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.

Applied Research Laboratories

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.

Office of Sponsored Projects

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

School of Architecture

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

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.

School of Information

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Soo Young Rieh, Ph.D.
Email: rieh@ischool.utexas.edu

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Website
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.

School of Law

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

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

Associate Dean for Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

School of Nursing

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Associate Dean for Research

Sharon Horner, Ph.D.
Email: shorner@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.

Steve Hicks School of Social Work

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

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

University of Texas Libraries

University of Texas Libraries

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