Staff/Contact

(515) 294-5225

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.

Laura Carabillo, Manager, Industry Contracts

(515) 294-5535

Originates and executes all industry related contracts and subcontracts. Primary point of contact for all industry related transactions.

Rick Charles, Systems Analyst

(515) 294-4059

Contact person for technical Liquid Office (GoldSheet) related questions and for InfoMaker Reports. Contact person for any technical issues related to OSPA website.

Anne Kinzel, Senior Award Administrator

(515) 294-9080

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, ISU Extension, Provost Office, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice President for Business and Finance and the President's Office.

Susan Masters, Pre-Award Administrator

(515) 294-6806

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. She is responsible for proposals for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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.

Lynn Reed, ARRA Specialist

(515) 294-0987
lynnreed@iastate.edu

Responsible for tracking ARRA funded grants and contracts. 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. Responsible for coordinating reports with Sponsored Programs Accounting and submitting special ARRA grant reports to FederalReporting.gov and the State Recovery websites.

Lisa Rodgers, Industry Contracts Coordinator

(515) 294-5282

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

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, Manager, Pre-Award Services

(515) 294-4642

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.

Diane Wright, Administrative Specialist

(515) 294-0984

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, Industry Pre- and Post-Award Administrator

(515) 294-2859

Responsible for proposal review and 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. She is responsible for all business and commodity group proposals.