Research Administration, Grants & Contracts
The Research Administration and Grants Office supports faculty and staff members in their pursuit of funding opportunities and management of grant awards. We are happy to assist you in any way we can.
Our services to the grant community include:
- Locating funding opportunities (link to funding search tools)
- Grants submission (email grants office)
- RFP review
- Budget and narrative creation assistance
- Editing/review/proofreading
- Contact funding agencies for information
- Grant submission via electronic portals
- New PI orientation (link to new grant form)
- New project set up
- Accepting the award
- Creation of a funding string
- MOU’s, IIA’s and subaward agreement execution
- Provide oversight of expenditures and compliance with governing regulations
- Budget reviews
- Report due date reminders
- Coordinate with departments to facilitate salary payments and expenditures
- Annual meeting to evaluate deliverable progress, answer questions and review expenses
- Communicate with funding agencies to facilitate extensions and renewals
- Assist with close out activities and reporting
CONTACTS
Theresa R Castor
Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
262-595-2022 | castor@uwp.edu
Campus-lead for general questions related to applying for grants; Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) for submitting federal grants; institutional policies for grant proposals and implementation; Institutional Review Board; professional development resources for grant development.
Jennifer Agerholm
Accountant, Business Services
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
262-595-2781 | agerholm@uwp.edu
Jennifer provides post award financial oversight including preparing and submitting financial invoices and reports. She reviews and approves financial transactions to make sure they are allowable by the grant. Jennifer can work with you to understand WISER, your financial tool for grant monitoring and make sure your grant is setup properly for accurate review.
Gina Polito Jahn
Pre-Award Manager, Sponsored Programs
WiSys Technology Foundation
608-284-8203 | gpjahn@wisys.org
Contact Gina for help with idea development and proposal planning. She can help refine your project scope, road map the grant seeking process and guide concept paper development. Please contact Gina for information about WiSys Research Development programs like the Grant Writing Academy and the Proposal Writing Institute as well as our webinar offerings.
Carla Molloy
Senior Research Development Associate, Sponsored Programs
WiSys Technology Foundation
608-286-2004 | cmolloy@wisys.org
Contact Carla for help with exploration of funding sources. She can help provide cooperative funding search assistance, coach use of funding search tools, and recommend best practice sponsor selection strategies. Carla can also provide proposal review and feedback. She can help review narratives to align with sponsor needs, edit to improve clarity and competitiveness and analyze declined proposals for resubmission.