As the nation’s largest public research university, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) aims to catalyze, support and safeguard U-M research and scholarship activity.
The Office of the Vice President for Research oversees a variety of interdisciplinary units that collaborate with faculty, staff, students and external partners to catalyze, support and safeguard research and scholarship activity.
ORSP manages pre-award and some post-award research activity for U-M. We review contracts for sponsored projects applying regulatory, statutory and organizational knowledge to balance the university's mission, the sponsor's objectives, and the investigator's intellectual pursuits.
Ethics and compliance in research covers a broad range of activity from general guidelines about conducting research responsibly to specific regulations governing a type of research (e.g., human subjects research, export controls, conflict of interest).
eResearch is U-M's site for electronic research administration. Access: Regulatory Management (for IRB or IBC rDNA applications); Proposal Management (eRPM) for the e-routing, approval, and submission of proposals (PAFs) and Unfunded Agreements (UFAs) to external entities); and Animal Management (for IACUC protocols and ULAM).
Sponsored Programs manages the post-award financial activities of U-M's research enterprise and other sponsored activities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as sponsor regulations. The Office of Contract Administration (OCA) is also part of the Office of Finance - Sponsored Programs.
Amanda Reel has been selected to fill one of the two Manager, Award Management positions for ORSP, reporting to Daniela Marchelletta, Associate Director of Award Management. Amanda is an alum of Indiana University Kelley School of Business and earned a Master of Public Administration from Western Michigan University.
Amanda joined the Government Sponsors team at ORSP in June 2020 and advanced to Senior Project Representative, where she also provided training to other team members. She has contributed to several committees and workgroups, including the GAP (Guidelines and Procedures) workgroup, Workplace Culture Committee, RAAC Training, and the NIH Loan Repayment Program. Amanda has also been an ORSPY recipient, a Navigate webinar trainer, and an NIH Loan Repayment Program Institutional Business Officer.