Staff Contacts for Proposal Development & Submission

 

Staff Contacts for Preparing your Proposal for Submission

 

Staff Contacts for Early-stage Proposal Development Support


 

When preparing your proposal for submission please notify the appropriate Office of Grants and Contracts Administration (OGCA) staff member from the list below.

Kimberley Broderick - (413) 545-5898

For proposal status call Andy Steinberg @ (413) 545-0674

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) only for departments within The College of Natural Sciences
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Marcia Day, CRA - (413) 545-0674

For proposal status call Andy Steinberg @ (413) 545-0674

  • U.S. Department of Defense (DARPA, Air Force, AFOSR, Army, Navy)
  • U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Department of Labor
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of Transportation
  • U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Foundations and other non-profits
  • Industry

Jim Ayres - (413) 577-1594

For proposal status call Jody Powell @ (413) 545-0296

  • DHHS/PHS (Nat'l. Institutes of Health-NIH, Health Resources and Services Admin., Food & Drug Admin., Agency for Health Care Policy, Head Start Program)
  • Other Colleges & Universities under NIH prime awards

John Fillio - (413) 577-2344

For proposal status call Jody Powell @ (413) 545-0296

  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Independent Establishments (EPA, Inter-American Foundation, NASA, NEA, NEH, Office of Research & Dev., Peace Corps, SBA, Nuclear Reg. Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • USDA (APHIS, MIS, SEA, CREES, CSRS, NRE Forest Service)
  • Other States, Local Governments
  • Quasi Gov't (GSA, Nat'l Research Council, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, Holocaust Memorial Museum, USAID)
  • Other Colleges & Universities (except proposed subcontracts--refer to prime sponsor)
  • Health Agencies

Kimberly Lowney - (413) 545-0674

For proposal status call Andy Steinberg @ (413) 545-0674

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) for departments within the the colleges of Engineering; Humanities & Fine Arts; Social and Behavioral Sciences; and the schools of Education, Management; Nursing; and Public Health & Health Sciences
  • U.S. Department of Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Geological Survey, Nat'l Biological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
  • U.S. Department of Commerce (Econ. Dev. Admin., Nat'l. Telecomm and Info Admin., NOAA)
  • Institutes and Associations
  • Other Sponsors (individuals, foreign governments, etc.)

For Online Proposal/Award Status

 

 

For general inquiries about early-stage proposal development support, please contact Michelle Wonsey (577-3726).  

 

 

For specific inquiries about early-stage proposal development support, please contact the appropriate Research Development staff member from among the following areas:

 

Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, and Engineering

Loren Walker, M.S. Director – Large-proposal project management and coordination, faculty research development, research activity tracking. 577-3725.

Mary Fechner, Ph.D. Proposal Development Specialist - Proposal development, faculty research development programs.  Focus on physical sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering.

Barbara Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate – Proposal development, faculty research development programs, broader impacts of research, peer-to-peer mentoring. 545-5023.

Cheryl L. Dukes, M.Ed. Associate Director – Federal government relations. 545-3476.

 

Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Management

Rick Taupier, Ph.D. Associate Director – Proposal development, faculty research development programs.  Focus on social sciences, humanities, and international research initiatives. 545-5529.

Loren Walker, M.S. Director – Large-proposal project management and coordination, faculty research development, research activity tracking. 577-3725.

Cheryl L. Dukes, M.Ed. Associate Director – Federal government relations.  545-3476.

 

International Research

Rick Taupier, Ph.D. Associate Director – Proposal development, faculty research development programs.  Focus on social sciences, humanities, and international research initiatives. 545-5529.

 

Broader Impacts of Research

Barbara Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate – Proposal development, faculty research development programs, broader impacts of research, peer-to-peer mentoring. 545-5023.

 

General Inquiries

Michelle Wonsey, B.S. Office Manager – Program coordination, office management, and general Research Development inquiries. 577-3726.