OSPA Staff and Assignments

Name	Tammy Polaski
Title	Associate Director, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-0983
Email	tra@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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.

Name	Amy Arndorfer
Title	Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-2316
Email	amarndor@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach (formerly IAC), Microelectronics Research Center, VRAC, and VPR: Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) and Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC).

Name	Lora Bierbaum
Title	Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-0523
Email	lora@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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.

Name	Melissa Fava
Title	Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-2915
Email	mfava@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Enrollment Management and Information Technology Services. Center/Institute Special Assignments: ENGR: Engineering Research Institute.

Name	Jen Hanson
Title	Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-4113
Email	jnhanson@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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.

Name	Pam Helfer
Title	Assistant Director, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-9080
Email	phelfer@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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 and Veterinary Medicine (select units). Center/Institute Special Assignments: VPR: Iowa Water Center, Nanovaccine Institute,National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE) and Office of Biotechnology.

Name	Jeff Klein
Title	Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-5335
Email	jeklein@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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

Name	Aaron Lott
Title	Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-6290
Email	lotta@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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.

Name	Kim Robson
Title	Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-6913
Email	kjrobson@iastate.edu
Responsibility	Responsibility: 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 Enrollment Management, Graduate College, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Senior Vice President and Provost, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Office.

Name	Marva Ruther
Title	Senior Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-7045
Email	mruther@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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 Veterinary Medicine (select units). Center/Institute Special Assignments ENGR: Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and Electric Power Research Center. VPR: Institute for Transportation (INTRANS).

Name	Sandra Logue
Title	Assistant Director, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-4642
Email	slogue@iastate.edu
Responsibility	Leads, supervises and manages the OSPA Pre-Award Team. Provides budget assistance and sponsor guideline interpretation to faculty and staff preparing grant applications for external funding consideration. Ensures continued access to external proposal systems such as Grants.gov, Research.gov, and eRA Commons. Works with the sponsor to resolve any issues before an award is made. Leads the Pre-Award Team’s effort in providing training opportunities to the ISU campus community. Serves as Authorized Signatory for all pre-award services.

Name	Sara Fonseca Ricke
Title	Senior Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-4344
Email	sfonseca@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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. Research.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 centers) and the Graduate College. Sara also takes the lead on proposals for Federal Contracts on all units.

Name	Katie (Kitt) Baber-Dillavou
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-3207
Email	baberk@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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. Research.gov, 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 depts), Library, and Information Technology Services.

Name	Jackie Peterson
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-2324
Email	jdpeters@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Research.gov, and eRA Commons. Works with the sponsor to resolve any issues before an award is made. She is responsible for proposals from the Vice President for Research (select units), Vice President for Extension and Outreach, Vice President for Student Affairs, and Kinesiology.

Name	Amanda Redling
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-0558
Email	aredling@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Research.gov, 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 (select units), Enrollment Management, Economic Development, and Industry Relations.

Name	Katie Getting
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-0987
Email	kgetting@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Research.gov 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, Specialty Business Services and Cultural Arts, Center for Wireless Communities and Innovation, and the Virtual Reality Applications Center.

Name	Keary Saul
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-6735
Email	ksaul@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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, Research.gov, 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 (select units), Ames Laboratory, Bioeconomy Institute, Nanovaccine Institute, and Earth, Atmosphere and Climate.

Name	Angie Schreck
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-6806
Email	schreck1@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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. Research.gov, 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, the Vice President for Operations and Finance, College of Design, College of Business, President, Senior Vice President & Provost, Civil, Constructions & Environmental Engineering. Angie also provides support for Streamlyne technical assistance and coordinates training for the Pre-Award Team.

Name	Kinley McIntosh
Title	Pre-Award Administrator, OSPA
Phone	(515) 294-2318
Email	kinleymc@iastate.edu
Responsibility	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. Research.gov, 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 (most units), College of Health & Human Sciences (most units), University Human Resources, and General Counsel.