Staff/Contact

Iowa State University
Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (OSPA)
1138 Pearson Hall
505 Morrill Road
Ames Iowa 50011-2103

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

Staff Assignments
OSPA Awards Team
OSPA Pre-Award Team
OSPA Support Staff
OSPA Federal Agency Resource Assignments
OIPTT-Industry Contracts
Grants Hub
Sponsored Programs Accounting

Staff Assignments

Responsibilities of the three sponsored activity teams, Pre-Award, Awards, and Industry-Contracts.
Note: Industry-Contracts contacts report to the Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer office.

Becky Musselman, OSPA Director
(515) 294-7723
rjmusse@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.

OSPA Awards Team

Tammy Polaski, Associate Director, OSPA
(515) 294-0983
tra@iastate.edu
Leads Awards Team in providing consistency and compatibility with university policies when negotiating award terms. Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for Ames Lab, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research Administration. 

Amy Arndorfer, Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-2316
amarndor@iastate.edu
Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for the College of Business, Extension and Outreach and Office of the President.  Center/Institute Special Assignments: ENGR: Center For Bioplastics And Biocomposites, Center for Industrial Research & Service, Ctr For Multiphase Flow Res & Educ, Center For Smart Design & Manufacturing, Center For Wireless Communities And Innovation, Information Assurance Center, Microelectronics Research Center, Visualize, Reason, Analyze, Collaborate and VPR: Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE).

Lora Bierbaum, Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-0523
lora@iastate.edu
Responsible for review and processing of federal grants (unilateral awards) and grant amendments. Originate and execute FDP sub award agreements and FDP sub amendments under non-industry/commodity grants. Manages post-award modifications including: no-cost extensions, rebudgets, PI changes, grant transfers, etc. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for Colleges of Design and Engineering, Information Technology Services and Office of the President. Special Assignment: PRES: Regents Innovation Fund Grant Agreements.

Jen Hanson, Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-4113
jnhanson@iastate.edu
Responsible for review and processing of federal grants (unilateral awards) and grant amendments. Originate and execute FDP sub award agreements and FDP sub amendments under non-industry/commodity grants.  Manages post-award modifications including: no-cost extensions, rebudgets, PI changes, grant transfers, etc.  Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for Ames Lab, Colleges of Business and Veterinary Medicine, Extension and Outreach, Library, Division of University Services, and Office of the Vice President for Research.

Pam Helfer, Assistant Director, OSPA
(515) 294-9080
phelfer@iastate.edu
Leads Award Administrators in providing consistency and compatibility with university policies for grants and post-award actions.  Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for College of Human Sciences. Center/Institute Special Assignments: VPR: Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Iowa Water Center,  Office of Biotechnology, Nanovaccine Institute and  National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE).

Jeff Klein, Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-5335
jeklein@iastate.edu
Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for College of Design, Engineering Departments, Graduate College, Library, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Division of University Services.  Center/Institute Special Assignments:  VPR: Bioeconomy Institute (BEI) and Translational Ai Research & Ed Center

Keith Kutz, Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-0986
kkutz@iastate.edu
Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Enrollment Management and Information Technology Services.

Aaron Lott, Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-6290
lotta@iastate.edu
Responsible for review and processing of federal grants (unilateral awards) and grant amendments. Originate and execute FDP sub award agreements and FDP sub amendments under non-industry/commodity grants. Manages post-award modifications including:  no-cost extensions, rebudgets, PI changes, grant transfers, etc. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  Special Assignment: AES: Iowa Nutrient Research Center Grant Agreements and VPR: INTRANS Iowa DOT Addendums and Amendments.

Kim Robson, Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-6913
kjrobson@iastate.edu
Responsible for review and processing of federal grants (unilateral awards) and grant amendments. Originate and execute FDP sub award agreements and FDP sub amendments under non-industry/commodity grants. Manages post-award modifications including:  no-cost extensions, rebudgets, PI changes, grant transfers, etc.. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities for the Colleges of Human Sciences and Liberal Arts and Sciences, Enrollment Management, Graduate College, Library, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs.

Marva Ruther, Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-7045
mruther@iastate.edu 
Responsible for negotiating and executing cooperative agreements, contracts, and other contractual agreements with external, non-industry/commodity sponsors. Originate and execute sub agreements and sub amendments under non-industry cooperative agreements and contracts. Responsible for cooperative agreement and contract modifications. Authorized Signatory for awards and post-award activities.  Center/Institute Special Assignments ENGR:  Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Electric Power Research Center, and Engineering Research Institute.  VPR: Institute for Transportation (INTRANS).

Nicole Groleau, Post-Award Grants Assistant, OSPA
(515) 294-5233
ngroleau@iastate.edu
Responsible for internal recording of award and post-award activities related to sponsored programs. Initiates award and subaward setups in the Sponsored Programs Kuali Coeus Database.

OSPA Pre-Award Team

Send new proposal inquires to ospa-proposals@iastate.edu.

Andrea Rich, Assistant Director, OSPA
(515) 294-4642
arich@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. Leads the Proposal Team to offer customer service and training opportunities to the ISU community for preaward services. Serves as Authorized Signatory for all pre-award services.

Sara Fonseca Ricke, Senior Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-4344
sfonseca@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. She is responsible for proposals from the College of Engineering (most units) and the College of Business.  Sara also takes the lead on proposals for Federal Contracts on all units.

Jackie Peterson, Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-2324
jdpeters@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. She is responsible for proposals from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Vice President for Research (except for InTrans), the College of Engineering (Select Units), Enrollment Management, Senior Vice President & Provost, and Information Technology Services.

Amanda Redling, Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-0558
aredling@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. She is responsible for proposals from the Agricultural Experiment Station/ College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (most units), and the Office of the President.

Katie Getting, Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-0987
kgetting@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. She is responsible for proposals from the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Graduate College.

Keary Saul, Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-6735
ksaul@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. She is responsible for proposals from the College of Human Science, College of Design, Vice President for Extension and Outreach, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Museums and Ames Laboratory.

Angie Schreck, Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
(515) 294-6806
schreck1@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. She is responsible for proposals from the Institute for Transportation (Intrans), the Vice President for Operations and Finance, and select units in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  Angie also provides support for Streamlyne technical assistance and coordinates training for the Pre-Award Team.

OSPA Support Staff

Jeremiah Baldus, Systems Analyst, OSPA Information Technology Services (ITS) Support
(515) 294-9077
jdbaldus@iastate.edu
Contact person for technical Liquid Office (GoldSheet) related questions.

Dan Howell, Data Manager, OSPA
(515) 294-2867
dthowell@iastate.edu
Manages data integrity and management issues for OSPA systems.  Contact person for any technical issues related to OSPA website.

Dawn Smith, Office Manager, OSPA
(515) 294-0984
dlwsmith@iastate.edu
Records all incoming mail and email into the OSPA Tracking System, reviews and processes USDA-ARS task order agreements and amendments, Secondary Award Line requests, InTrans Iowa DOT proposals, assists with oversight of the OSPA budget, provides direct administrative assistance to the director and responsible for the overall management of daily operations.

OSPA Federal Agency Resource Assignments

OIPTT-Industry Contracts

515-294-4740; industry-contracts@iastate.edu
http://www.techtransfer.iastate.edu

Grants Hub

515-294-4220; grantshub@iastate.edu
http://www.grantshub.iastate.edu

Sponsored Programs Accounting

515-294-4569; spa@iastate.edu
https://www.controller.iastate.edu/sponsored-programs-accounting