Office of Research and Innovation

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

• Office management and support for the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation

Contact Karen for information about:

Contact Katie for information about:

• Faculty mentoring research students
• Early Career Investigators learning community
• NC Innovation submission support
• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Second language editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Large/collaborative team proposal development
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Professional development opportunities about developing your research agenda

Contact Brittanii for information about:

• Applying for limited submission competitions
• Applying for internal grants
• Chancellor's and Provost's Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
• Professional development opportunities about developing your research
• Editorial assistance with internal grant proposal narratives
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• External Draft Improvement Team (EDIT) - peer review for external proposals

• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Sample proposal requests
• Finding funding and Pivot funding database support
• Strategies and resources for developing competitive proposals
• Professional development opportunities around proposal development
• AI use in proposal development

Contact Twila for information about:

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

Contact Becki for information about: 

• Student Research Grants – OSR funding opportunities for students conducting research or creative activities.
• Student Travel Grants – OSR funding to support students presenting their research at academic and professional conferences.
• Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URA) – Funding opportunities for undergraduate students to work with faculty on faculty-mentored research and creative projects.
• Undergraduate and Graduate Research Opportunities – Information about getting involved in research and creative activities at App State.
• Student Research Events & Presentations – Opportunities to showcase student research and creative work, including the annual Celebration of Student Research.

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 Lauren for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Research adminstration process improvements
• Pre-award workshop training programs

Contact Kim for information about:

• Assisting departments with sponsored projects
• Building budgets
• Overseeing internal approval process
• Research adminstration process improvements
• Pre-award workshop training programs

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 Chris for information about:

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

Contact Dave for information about:

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

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 Vivian for information about: 

• 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:

• Research Protections education and outreach
• Animal research, teaching, or demonstration regulations
• IACUC process and submissions
• Recombinant DNA research regulations
• IBC process and submissions
• Research Integrity and Misconduct
• Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) questions
• CITI training registration/course selection for research using animals or rDNA
• Faculty, staff, or student permission additions in Cayuse

Contact Willow for Information about:

• IRB submissions and assistance with submissions
• IRB protocol consultations
• Reliance Agreements

Contact Monica for Information about:

• International travel for the University (Export Controls form completion required)
• Research Security Certificates
• Conflict of Interest Disclosures and Management Plans
• Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR) required training

Contact Marizel for information about:

• Cayuse IRB submissions and assistance with submissions
• IRB process
• IRB protocol consultations

Contact Morgan for information about:

• CITI training for Research Protections Programs
• Education and outreach (Virtual and In-person)
• IRB protocol consultations

Contact Amy for information about:

• Any and all things CGA
• Questions about post-award contracts and grants functions and processes

Contact Lisa for information about:

• Operational support and troubleshooting
• Training
• Post award compliance
• Journal entry review and processing
• Labor redistribution review and processing

Also performs management oversight duties to assist the director or in the director's absence.