About ORSP

About ORSP

The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) engages with faculty, staff and external sponsors across U-M's 19 schools and colleges to manage and ensure compliance with sponsored research projects. ORSP reviews and authorizes funding proposals, negotiates contracts and agreements, and provides nonfinancial post-award management. Learn more about ORSP leadership and teams below. ORSP is a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research.

General Contact Information

Address: 1000 Victors Way, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2744
Main Phone: (734) 764-5500 answered M-F 8 am - 5 pm
Fax: (734) 764-8510
Campus Drop Boxes: For deliveries to Victors Way, use campus mail.

ORSP Leadership and Teams

For the complete ORSP organizational structure, visit the ORSP Org Chart.
To find a specific staff member, visit ORSP Staff.

Leadership

Associate Vice President for Research-Sponsored Projects: Shandra White
Executive Director, Sponsored Projects: Andrea M. Anderson

Pre-Award Team

Director: Karen Alameddine
Associate Director: Sam Gibbons
Managers: Erin Kingsley, Kate Chie

Reviews proposals according to deadline policy, sponsor guidelines, regulations and institutional policies; submits proposals; reviews and submits just-in-time requests; serves as the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) for post-submission requests.

Contracts Team

Director: Emily Baxter

Reviews and negotiates agreements, as well as modifications. Agreement types include nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, data use agreements, clinical trial agreements, and funded agreements related to sponsored projects. The Contracts Team is organized into three teams:

• Sponsored Contracts
  Associate Director: Kevin Wleklinski
  • Agreements handled by this team:
    • Research agreements
    • Service agreements
    • Federal contracts
    • Grant agreements
    • Other sponsored activity agreements
    • Master agreements for funding
• Clinical Trials
  Associate Director: Ana Causo
  • Agreements handled by this team:
    • Clinical trial agreements (including Masters)
    • Letters of indemnification
    • Compassionate use agreements
• Unfunded Agreements
  Assistant Director: Eric Ward
  • Agreements handled by this team:
    • Non-disclosure agreements (NDA)
    • Data use agreements (DUA)
    • Teaming agreements/collaboration agreements
    • Master NDAs or DUAs

Award Management Team

Director: Karen Alameddine
Associate Director: Daniela Marchelletta
Managers: Kellie Buss, Amanda Reel

Handles non-financial post-award management of sponsored projects and serves as the AOR for post-award activities. Responsibilities include processing hardships, award setup, change requests, modifications, progress reports, close-outs and representing the institution in interactions with sponsors.

Sponsored Project Coordination & eRA Systems Team

Associate Director: Tonia Jackson
Managers: Julia Konarzewski, Lora Krueger
Manager: Kate Strzempek

Ensures the efficient and accurate processing of activities and data to support the administration of sponsored projects. Responsible for validating and recording data, establishing electronic records, initiating workflows in our electronic system, establishing new Sponsor codes, administering user affiliations in eRA Commons, and triaging emails that are sent to ORSP. A subset of this team is responsible for administration of our contract lifecycle management system and supporting enhancements to the functionality of our electronic research administration (eRA) software.

Operations and Administration

Director: Andy Satkowiak
Assistant Director: Rose Tahash

Provides support in human resources, training, business intelligence, project management, and communications for ORSP and the Associate Vice President for Research-Sponsored Projects.

Mission, Vision, Values and Guiding Principles

Mission
We safeguard and advance U-M's research enterprise by providing effective and efficient pre-award and non-financial post-award services.

Vision
We aspire to be, within U-M and across the globe, a leading provider of authoritative, innovative, and high-value guidance on the conduct of sponsored research and other funded activities.

Core Values

• Balance
• Respect
• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Excellence

Guiding Principles

1. We serve three customers with every interaction: the research community, the university, and sponsors. Our success is demonstrated 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 excellence within ORSP and across the U-M research ecosystem.