Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
John McGrath– Vice President for Research
Mary Montoye – Director, ORSP; management of all contracts
Deb Clark – Research Program Officer, Pre-award
Lenora Calkins – Research Program Officer, Pre-award
Rick Middleton – Research Program Officer, Pre-award
Melinda Brakenberry – Research Program Officer, Post-award specialist
Chris Bailey – Administrative Secretary, FRCE budget/staffing and IACUC
(animals in research) staff
Deb Stanek – Executive Secretary, budget management, IRB (human subjects) committee staffing
Sue Klumpp – Executive Secretary, administrative wizard
Lisa Boyd-Devers – Undergraduate research and SRCEE Manager
Roop Jayaraman – IRB (human subjects) research coordinator
Carol Stevens -- Coordinator of HP Animal Care Facility

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
• Improve the quantity and quality of all types of research, scholarship and creative work at CMU
• Help faculty members secure increased external support by: o Alerting faculty to funding opportunities for research and programmatic activities o Doing targeted fund searching of databases for faculty (SPIN/SMARTS) o Offering grant writing workshops o Assisting faculty with budget preparation and grant submissions o Helping faculty form research communities to seek major funding o Assist faculty in filing patents and seeking licensing opportunities o Providing and managing an array of internal funds to serve as seed sources for both scholarship and external grant seeking o Providing matching money for acquisition of major instruments o Providing undergraduate funds for assisting faculty on projects
• Help publicize internally and externally the scholarly, creative, research and service activities of CMU’s faculty, staff and students

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
• ORSP competitions o Early Career (EC) o New Research Initiative (NRI) o Creative and Scholarly Support (CSS)
• Research Incentive Awards (RIA)
• Proposal match (together with colleges and departments)
• Undergraduate support o Summer scholars o Research and Creative Endeavors o Presentation
• VP Discretionary funds
• Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE)

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
o Premier Display -- presentations at national meetings o Research Type A and B ($3,500 and $8,000 maximum) o Page Charge

Deborah Clark: Pre-Award Program Officer
• College of Education and Human Services
• College of Graduate Studies
• College of Science and Technology: Biology
• Institutional Diversity
• Volunteer Center
Lenora Calkins: Pre-Award Program Officer
• College of Communication and Fine Arts
• College of Science and Technology: Computer
Science, Geography, Engineering, Physics
• College of Humanities, Social and Behavioral
Sciences
• First Year Experience
• Library
• Global Campus grants, Residence Life
• Generate SAP Grant Management reports
Rick Middleton: Pre-Award Program Officer
• College of Business Administration
• College of Health Professions
• College of Medicine
• College of Science and Technology: Chemistry,
Math, Geology and Meteorology
• Public Safety