Staff / Contact

Iowa State University
Office of Sponsored Programs Administration
1138 Pearson Hall
Ames Iowa 50011-2207

grants@iastate.edu
Phone: (515) 294-5225
Fax :(515) 294-8000

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 Joanne Altieri, Director, OSPA

(515) 294-7723
jaltieri@iastate.edu

Authorized institutional official for Iowa State University. Provides overall leadership for sponsored programs administration, including policy development, training initiatives for faculty and staff, updates on federal initiatives and changes that will impact sponsored projects at ISU.

 Matthew Bailey, Senior Associate Director of OSPA and Director of Industry Initiatives

(515) 294-5535
mabailey@iastate.edu

Originates and executes all industry related contracts and subcontracts. Primary point of contact for all industry related transactions. Serves as an authorized institutional official for all agreements in the absence of the director.

 Shirley Barton, Receptionist

(515) 294-5225
sbarton@iastate.edu

Serves as the initial point of contact for all visitors and telephone calls and is the primary recipient of incoming mail. Assembles and delivers the eGoldSheet with any attachments for budgetary review. Responsible for finalizing the eGoldSheet by making corrections in the database as needed and maintaining accurate data that is recorded in the OSPA databases.

 Anne Kinzel, Senior Award Administrator

(515) 294-9080
akinzel@iastate.edu

Responsible for negotiating and executing contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry sponsors. Originates and executes subgrants and subagreements under non-industry awards. Authorized Signatory for post-award activities for Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Design, Engineering, Business, Extension, Provost Office, Vice President for Research, Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice President for Business and Finance and the President's Office.

 Susan Masters, Pre-Award Administrator

(515) 294-6806
susanma@iastate.edu

Provides budget assistance and sponsor guideline interpretation to faculty and staff preparing grant applications for external funding consideration. Reviews and submits proposals that require electronic submission through systems such as Grants.gov, FastLane, and eRA Commons. Works with the sponsor to resolve any issues before an award is made. Provides budget review for Colleges of Agriculture & Life Sciences, and Liberal Arts & Sciences.

 Diane Meyer, Associate Director, Pre-Award

(515) 294-4567
meyerd@iastate.edu

Provides budget assistance and sponsor guideline interpretation to faculty and staff preparing grant applications for external funding consideration. Reviews and submits proposals that require electronic submission through systems such as Grants.gov, FastLane, and eRA Commons. Works with the sponsor to resolve any issues before an award is made. Serves as the ISU liaison for Community of Science (COS), providing assistance to faculty and staff that are interested in utilizing the services offered by COS. Leads the Proposal Team to offer customer service and training opportunities to the ISU community for pre-award services. Serves as Authorized Signatory for all pre-award services and budget review for VP Business & Finance, VPR/ED (including IPRT), and VP Student Affairs.

 Chris Pilson, Systems Analyst II

(515) 294-8921
cpilson@mail.adp.iastate.edu

Contact person for Liquid Office (GoldSheet) related questions. Contact person for InfoMaker Reports.

 Tammy Polaski, Associate Director , Awards

(515) 294-0983
tra@iastate.edu

Responsible for interpreting, negotiating, executing and originating contracts and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry sponsors. Originates and executes subgrants and subagreements under all non-industry awards. Leads Award and Post-Award Teams in providing consistency and compatibility with university policies when negotiating award terms. Serves as Authorized Signatory for award services for Colleges of Agriculture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Human Sciences and IPRT and for all documents in absence of the director.

 Jodi Reinhart, Post-Award Administrator

(515) 294-0986
reinhart@iastate.edu

Responsible for post-award activities related to sponsored programs. Executes amendments, extensions, rebudgets and other modifications as needed and required for sponsored projects. Works with faculty and staff to ensure that outstanding financial issues are appropriately resolved prior to final account set-up. Finalizes awards and updates the OSPA database. Processes unilateral awards for federal grants and serves as Authorized Signatory for post-award services for Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Design, Engineering, Business, Extension, Provost Office, Vice President for Research, Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice President for Business and Finance and the President's Office.

 Lisa Rodgers, Industry Contracts Coordinator

(515) 294-5282
rodgers@.iastate.edu

Responsible for interpreting, negotiating, executing and originating Confidentiality Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Commodity Agreements, and non-funded Research Agreements. Drafts, modifies and approves all post-award industry actions, including extensions and amendments. Ensures proper processing of industry agreements. Serves as the secondary point of contact for industry partners.

 Marva Ruther, Post-Award Administrator

(515) 294-7045
mruther@iastate.edu

Responsible for post-award activities related to sponsored programs. Executes amendments, extensions, rebudgets and other modifications as needed and required for sponsored projects. Works with faculty and staff to ensure that outstanding financial issues are appropriately resolved prior to final account set-up. Finalizes awards and updates the OSPA database. Processes unilateral awards for federal grants and serves as Authorized Signatory for post-award services for Colleges of Agriculture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Human Sciences and IPRT.

 Suzanne Schuknecht, Industry Post-Award Administrator

(515) 294-4642
suzannes@iastate.edu

Responsible for post-award activities related to industry sponsors. Executes amendments, extensions, and other modifications as needed and required. Works with faculty and staff to ensure that outstanding financial issues are appropriately resolved prior to final account set-up. Finalizes awards and updates the OSPA database. Provides administrative support to the Director of Industry Initiatives.

 Diane Wright, Administrative Specialist

(515) 294-0984
dewright@iastate.edu

Records all incoming mail into the OSPA Tracking System, serves as the office telecommunications coordinator and HR coordinator, assists with oversight of the OSPA budget, provides direct administrative assistance to the director and responsible for the overall management of daily operations.

 May Wu, Pre-Award Administrator

(515) 294-2859
maywu@iastate.edu

Provides budget assistance and sponsor guideline interpretation to faculty and staff preparing grant applications for external funding consideration. Review and submit proposals that require electronic submission through systems such as Grants.gov, FastLane, and eRA Commons. Works with the sponsor to resolve any issues before an award is made. Provides budget review for Colleges of Business, Design, Engineering, Extension, Human Sciences, President’s Office, Provost’s Office, and Veterinary Medicine.