Office of Research

• Business and financial manager for the Office of Research

Contact Karen for information about:

• PREPARE (PREParation for Appalachian Research Experiences) research mentoring programs
• Professional development opportunities related to grantsmanship and extramural funding
• Strategies and resources for developing competitive proposals
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Collaborative initiatives between Appalachian State University faculty and staff and their counterparts at other institutions and agencies

Contact Katie for information about:

• Applying for limited submission competitions 
• Applying for internal grants
• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Second language editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Professional development opportunities related to grantsmanship and extramural funding
• International research programs assistance

Contact Lauren for information about:

• Editorial assistance with grant proposal narratives
• Consultations to refine project ideas into fundable topics
• Professional development opportunities related to grantsmanship and extramural funding
• Resources for new faculty researchers
• Finding funding opportunities
• Obtaining sample proposals and other grant writing resources
• Communications and outreach

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

• 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 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

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 Dennis for information about:

• IRB application assistance
• CITI training questions
• Conflicts of Interest (COI) processes and concerns
• Export Controls Questions 

Contact Twila for information about:

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