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About ORSP
Our Mission
We safeguard and advance U-M’s research enterprise by providing our partners with effective and efficient pre-award and non-financial post-award services for the compliant administration of externally sponsored grants, contracts, and ancillary agreements.
Our Vision
We aspire to be recognized within U-M and across the globe as the leading provider of authoritative, innovative, and high value guidance on the conduct of sponsored research and other funded activities.
Our Core Values
Balance
Respect
Integrity
Teamwork
Excellence
Our Motivation
We are motivated by the transformative research outcomes we enable, the positive role we play in sustaining U-M’s reputation for excellence, and the knowledge that our efforts are helping to create a better world and a more promising future.
Our Guiding Principles
1. We serve three customers with every transaction. Our success lies in how well we: (a) advocate for our research community in its pursuit of scholarly excellence, (b) protect our university from financial and reputational harm, and (c) help our sponsors achieve their scientific and programmatic goals.
2. We act ethically and with integrity at all times. Upholding this principle is the right thing to do. It promotes the public’s trust in the wisdom of funding research, enables us to responsibly reduce administrative burden and manage risk, and encourages effective research administration throughout U-M.
3. We treat others with kindness, dignity, and respect, and we have a right to expect the same in return. We demonstrate this principle most clearly by how we interact with our colleagues and customers, and how we promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within ORSP and across the U-M research ecosystem.
Office of Research and Sponsored Projects
Address:
3003 South State Street
First Floor, Wolverine Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274
Main Phone: (734) 764-5500
answered M-F 8 am - 5 pm
Fax: (734) 763-4053, 764-8510
Campus Drop Boxes: For any deliveries to Wolverine Tower, you can use campus mail.
The ORSP Organization
ORSP is a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research.
- Assistant Vice President for Research-Sponsored Projects:
Shandra White (shandraw@umich.edu) - Executive Director, Sponsored Projects:
Andrea M. Anderson (anandrea@umich.edu)
Org Chart, Staff Lookup, and Alphabetical Staff Listing
Full Alphabetical Listing below
- Alameddine, Karen - Director, Proposals and Award Management
- Anderson, Andrea M. - Executive Director, Sponsored Projects
- Baxter, Emily - Director, Contracts
- Bohensky, Christy - Lead, Award Management
- Bowker, Luke - Administrative Assistant Associate
- Brady, Zach - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Burns, Joey - Project Representative
- Buss, Kellie - Assistant Managing Project Representative
- Case, Patrick - Project Representative
- Causo, Ana - Assistant Director, Clinical Trials
- Chie, Kate - Senior Project Representative
- Chimienti, Fabio - Project Manager Senior
- Chowfin, Sunita - Project Representative
- Colthorp, Constance - Communications Manager
- Curry, Dawn - Administrative Assistant
- DeVries, Christopher - RAAC Project Manager
- Dickey, Laura - Manager, Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Dill, Debra - Senior Project Representative
- Donald, Justin - Project Representative
- Fletcher, Leigh - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Floreno, Lia - Training Specialist Lead
- Fraley, Joseph - Policy & Planning Analyst
- Gibbons, Sam - Associate Director, Pre-Award
- Hammoud, Gabrielle - Project Representative
- Haunert, Lark Ann - Assistant Managing Project Representative
- Haynes, Patricia - Senior Project Representative
- Howard, Lizzie - Project Representative
- Jackson, Tonia - Associate Director, eRA Systems
- Javarinis, Arielle - Senior Project Representative
- Johnson, Joe - Assistant Managing Project Representative
- Kiel, Lisa - Executive Secretary
- Kingsley, Erin - Manager, Pre-Award
- Kissell, Ashley - Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- Krasa, Rob - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Lankton, Ryan - Assistant Managing Project Representative
- Larkin, Tracey - Senior Project Representative
- Longe, Jeffrey - Senior Project Representative
- Lopez, Natalie - Administrative Assistant Senior
- Lowery, Ute - Project Representative
- Marchelletta, Daniela - Assistant Managing Project Representative
- Martell, Reynaldo - Senior Project Representative
- McAllister, Mike - Senior Project Representative
- Mohamud, Sucaad - Business Operations Support
- Nagler, Caitlin - Project Representative
- Pascual, Kim - Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- Paluchniak, Thomas - Senior Project Representative
- Pinchem, Priscilla - Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- Quick, Michele - Project Representative
- Reel, Amanda - Senior Project Representative
- Reeves, Kristy - Assistant Project Representative
- Sampson, Karen - Project Representative
- Sanders, Sara - Assistant Project Representative
- Santoro, Jane - Administrative Assistant
- Satkowiak, Andy - Director, Operations and Administration
- Schwab, Tracy - Support Staff Manager
- Simms, Polly - Business Intelligence Analyst - Intermediate
- Smithers, Tiffany - Assistant Project Representative
- Spurgeon, Jessica - Administrative Assistant Associate
- Strzempek, Kate - Project Senior Manager
- Tahash, Rose - Assistant Director, Operations and Administration
- Timmermans, Becca - Project Representative
- Tulk, Shelby - Administrative Assistant Associate
- Ward, Eric - Assistant Director, Unfunded Agreements
- Waterbury, Kristin - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Watkins, Kristy - Assistant Project Representative
- White, Shandra - Assistant Vice President for Research-Sponsored Projects
- Wiggins, Elaina - Assistant Project Representative
- Williams, Patti - Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- Wilson, Sabrina - Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- Wleklinski, Kevin - Associate Director, Contracts
- Woods, Patrick - Managing Project Representative
FAQs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) primarily handles pre-award activities and is part of the Office of Research.
Sponsored Programs primarily handles financial post-award activities, and is part of Finance.
You can look up your ORSP Project Representative here.
Your first point of contact should be your department's research administrator. You can find that person here: Find a Research Administrator (Blue Pages).
Visit the Responsible Conduct page: http://research-
Be sure to register your travel and check any policies here: http://global.umich.edu/
References and Resources
Questions?
For questions about our staff, please call (734) 764-5500 between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.