Below are the Office of Post-Award Management (OPAM) staff contacts for award assistance:
Alene Denson Director
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- US Department of State
- World Bank
- European Union
John Fillio (CRA) Assistant Director
- UMass Donahue Institute
- US Department of Education
- US Dept. of Transportation
- USDA (APHIS, MIS, SEA, NIFA, CSRS, NRE Forest Service)
- Small Business Administration
Clinton Campbell (MA, CRA) Senior Research Administrator
- UMass Innovation Institute (UMII)
- US Department of Defense (ARPA, Air Force, AFOSR, Army, Navy)
Ryan Driscoll (CRA) Senior Research Administrator
- NASA
- Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
- Space Telescope Science institute - STScI
- Institutes and Associations
- Quasi Government Agencies (GSA, Nat'l Research Council, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Pam Lester Senior Research Administrator
- National Science Foundation
- Foundations and Organizations
Jessica Martinez Senior Research Administrator
- US Department of Energy
- US Department of Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Nat'l Biological Survey, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey)
- US Department of Commerce (Econ. Dev. Admin., NIST, Nat'l Telecomm and Info Adm., NOAA)
Sara Powers Senior Research Administrator
- DHHS/PHS (National Institutes of Health NIH, Health Resources and Services Admin., Food & Drug Administration, Agency for Health Care Policy) - supporting College of Natural Sciences only
- Health Agencies
Jason Reisfeld (JD, CRA) Senior Research Administrator
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- US Department of Justice
- US Department of Labor
- US Department of Treasury
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Other States and Local Governments
- Other College & Universities (except subcontracts, refer to prime sponsor)
- Independent establishments (EPA, Inter-American Fdn, NEA, NEH, Office of Research & Dev., Peace Corps., Nuclear Reg. Commission, Securities & Exchange)
- Unrestricted Awards
Saya Robison Senior Research Administrator
- DHHS/PHS (National Institutes of Health NIH, Health Resources and Services Admin., Food & Drug Administration, Agency for Health Care Policy) - supporting all schools and colleges except the College of Natural Sciences
- NIH Subawards
Other Post-Award Resources:
UMass Innovation Institute - (413) 577-8644
The UMass Innovation Institute’s services for faculty include the following:
- Research business development and strategic research planning
- Securing industry collaborations and setting up funding mechanisms
- Handling business negotiations and teaming agreements with collaborators
- Facilitating connections to investors and entrepreneurs
- Enabling access to University facilities for outside users (Core Facilities)
- Supporting research compliance based on the requirements for the particular project
- Identifying potential researchers for projects
