Office of Research and Innovation

• Business and financial manager for the Office of Research and Innovation

Contact Karen for information about:

• Strategies and resources for developing competitive proposals
• Early Career Investigators cohort program
• PREPARE (PREParation for Appalachian Research Experiences) grant mentoring program
• Research forums
• Office of Research and Innovation events & awards
• Collaborative initiatives between Appalachian State University faculty and staff and other institutions and agencies
• Office of Research and Innovation communications / University Communication Liaison queries

Contact Katie for information about:

• Applying for limited submission competitions
• Applying for internal grants
• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Second language editorial assistance withgrant proposal narratives
• Large/collaborative team proposal development
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Professional development opportunities about developing your research agenda
• External Draft Improvement Team (EDIT) - peer review for external proposals

Contact Lauren for information about:

• Editorial assistance with external grant proposal narratives
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Professional development opportunities related to grant seeking and extramural funding
• Resources for new faculty researchers
• Resources for arts and humanities scholars
• Revising proposal narratives for resubmission
• Finding funding opportunities and using the Pivot funding database 
• Obtaining sample proposals and other grant writing resources

Contact Charna for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Processing and managing awards
• Monitoring sponsor news
• Coordinating sponsored project policy and procedures
• Facilitating collaborations

Contact Kerri for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Processing and managing awards
• Monitoring sponsor news
• Negotiate and prepare all contract and grant agreements (incoming and outgoing)
• Conflict of Interest (COI) Project-Specific disclosure process

Contact Paul for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Processing and managing awards
• Monitoring sponsor news
• Managing Cayuse
• Coordinating electronic research administration systems (eRA)

Contact Vivian for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Processing and managing awards

Contact Chris for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Processing and managing awards

• Review and negotiation of all incoming agreements
• Preparation and negotiation of all outgoing agreements
• Review and negotiation of Other Agreements (Material Transfer, Data Use, Confidentiality)
• Management of App State agreement templates 

Contact Shante' for information about:

• Oversee's the Human Subjects Research Protection Program, Export Controls, Responsible Conduct for Research, Conflict of Interest, and Intellectual Property
• Provides Research Protections education and outreach
• Animal research, teaching or demonstration regulations
• IACUC process and submissions
• Recombinant DNA research regulations
• IBC process and submissions
• Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) questions
• CITI training registration/course selection for research using animals or rDNA

Contact Morgan for information about:

• Cayuse IRB submission assistance
• IRB processes and concerns
• IRB CITI training
• IRB education and outreach

Contact Twila for information about:

• Study design/methodology
• Power analyses
• Data management/archiving plans
• Data analysis
• Writing results sections