Staff Contacts for Proposals

When preparing proposals for submission, please notify the appropriate Office of Pre-Award Services (OPAS) staff member from the list below. For proposal status search our on-line database. (https://jgams.research.umass.edu/jgams/jol/customSearch)

Jim Ayres (CRA), Director - (413) 577-1594

Marcia Day (MPA, CRA) Senior Pre-Award Research Administrator - (413) 545-0674

U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Geological Survey, Nat'l Biological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Treasury
U.S. Agency for International Development
Foundations and other non-profits
Institutes and Associations

Kimberly Lowney Pre-Award Research Administrator - (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 Commerce (Econ. Dev. Admin., Nat'l. Telecomm and Info Admin., NOAA, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
U.S. Department of Defense (Air Force, AFOSR, Army, Navy - not DARPA or Industry with Prime DoD)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Quasi Gov't (GSA, Nat'l Research Council, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Other States, Local Governments
Other Colleges & Universities under DOD prime awards/proposals (not DARPA Prime)

Dot Morua-Fernandes, Pre-Award Research Administrator (proposal development) - (413) 577-3790

Mary Santos, Pre-Award Research Administrator - (413) 545-9878

National Science Foundation (NSF) only for departments in the College of Natural Sciences and the College of Information and Computer Sciences
Independent Establishments (EPA, Inter-American Foundation, NASA, NEA, NEH, Office of Research & Dev., Peace Corps, SBA, Nuclear Reg. Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission)

Sara Santos, Pre-Award Research Administrator - (413) 545-5873

U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHIS, MIS, SEA, CREES, CSRS, NRE Forest Service)
DHHS/PHS (Nat'l. Institutes of Health-NIH, Health Resources and Services Admin., Food & Drug Admin., Agency for Health Care Policy, Head Start Program); supporting College of Natural Sciences only
Other Colleges & Universities (except proposed subcontracts when any DoD is the prime); supporting College of Natural Sciences only

Darlene Sliwa, Pre-Award Research Administrator - (413) 545-5898

DHHS/PHS (Nat'l. Institutes of Health-NIH, Health Resources and Services Admin., Food & Drug Admin., Agency for Health Care Policy, Head Start Program); supporting all schools and colleges except the College of Natural Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
Health Agencies
Other Colleges & Universities (except proposed subcontracts when any DoD is the prime); supporting all schools and colleges except the College of Natural Sciences
Other Sponsors (individuals, foreign governments, etc.)

Sarah Vega-Liros, Pre-Award Research Administrator (proposal development) - (413) 545-7559

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