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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 ([email protected])
- Executive Director, Sponsored Projects: Andrea M. Anderson ([email protected])
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 Sponsored Project Officer, Award Management
- Brady, Zach - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Burns, Joey - Award Management Officer
- Buss, Kellie - Manager, Award Management
- Case, Patrick - Award Management Officer
- Causo, Ana - Assistant Director, Clinical Trials
- Chie, Kate - Manager, Pre-Award
- Chimienti, Fabio - Project Manager Senior
- Chowfin, Sunita - Award Management Officer
- Cowen, Cindy - Pre-Award Officer
- Curry, Dawn - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- DeVries, Christopher - RAAC Project Manager
- Dickey, Laura - Manager, Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Dill, Debra - Senior Contract Officer
- Donald, Justin - Contract Officer
- Eninsche, Moonson - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Fletcher, Leigh - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Floreno, Lia - Training Manager
- Fraley, Joseph - Policy & Planning Analyst
- Gibbons, Sam - Associate Director, Pre-Award
- Hammoud, Gabrielle - Contract Officer
- Haunert, Lark Ann - Senior Contract Officer
- Haynes, Patricia - Senior Contract Officer
- Howard, Lizzie - Lead Sponsored Project Officer, Pre-Award
- Jackson, Tonia - Associate Director, eRA Systems
- Javarinis, Arielle - Senior Contract Officer
- Johnson, Joe - Senior Contract Officer
- Kiel, Lisa - Executive Secretary
- Kingsley, Erin - Manager, Pre-Award
- Kissell, Ashley - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Krasa, Rob - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Krueger, Lora - Manger, Sponsored Project Coordination
- Lankton, Ryan - Senior Contract Officer
- Larkin, Tracey - Senior Award Management Officer
- Longe, Jeffrey - Senior Contract Officer
- Lopez, Natalie - Administrative Assistant Senior
- Lowery, Ute - Award Management Officer
- Marchelletta, Daniela - Associate Director, Award Management
- Martell, Reynaldo - Senior Award Mangement Officer
- Matthias, Lena - Pre-Award Officer
- McAllister, Mike - Contract Officer
- Mohamud, Sucaad - Business Operations Support
- Nagler, Caitlin - Award Management Officer
- Pascual, Kim - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Paluchniak, Thomas - Manager, Contracts
- Pinchem, Priscilla - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Quick, Michele - Contract Officer
- Reel, Amanda - Manager, Award Management
- Reeves, Kristy - Associate Award Management Officer
- Sampson, Karen - Award Management Officer
- Sanders, Sara - Associate Award Management Officer
- Santoro, Jane - Business Operations Support
- Satkowiak, Andy - Director, Operations and Administration
- Schwab, Tracy - Senior Business Operations Support
- Simms, Polly - Business Intelligence Analyst - Intermediate
- Smithers, Tiffany - Associate Award Management Officer
- Spurgeon, Jessica - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Strzempek, Kate - Project Senior Manager
- Tahash, Rose - Assistant Director, Operations and Administration
- Timmermans, Becca - Award Management Officer
- Tulk, Shelby - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Ward, Eric - Assistant Director, Unfunded Agreements
- Waterbury, Kristin - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Watkins, Kristy - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- White, Shandra - Assistant Vice President for Research-Sponsored Projects
- Wiggins, Elaina - Associate Pre-Award Officer
- Williams, Patti - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Wilson, Sabrina - Sponsored Projects Coordinator
- Wleklinski, Kevin - Associate Director, Sponsored Contracts
- Woods, Patrick - Senior Contract Officer
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
- UMOR/OVPR Organization Charts
- ORSP Project Representative Lookup Tables Find the ORSP Project Representative to help with your pre-award or sponsored project question.
- Sponsored Programs Finance Customer Service Coordinator - Lookup by Department ID Find the Sponsored Programs Customer Service coordinator (from Finance) to help with your post-award, reporting, or closeout question. This links to a listing of Sponsored Programs customer service staff on the Finance website.
- ORSP & Sponsored Programs - Overview of the Research Project Lifecycle
Questions?
For questions about our staff, please call (734) 764-5500 between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.