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J. David McDonald, Associate Provost for Research (3285);

  • Authorized University signatory for grant proposals, contracts, and all other matters relative to sponsored research
  • University liaison with outside agencies
  • Negotiator for all University grants and contracts
  • Gives oversight to compliance issues
  • Supervises ORA staff
  • Addresses research infrastructure problems
  • Coordinates Kansas EPSCoR activities
  • Member of University Research Council
  • Represents the VP for Academic Affairs at Faculty Support Committee meetings

Sandy Marler, Administrative Officer (3285);

  • Office manager
  • Secretarial assistance to Associate Vice President for Research and ORA staff
  • Receptionist and supervisor of student assistant
  • Production Assistant for WSU Research Newsletter

Harry Williford, Consultant (3285)

  • Facilitates contracts with businesses and industries
  • Authors agreements for contracts

Karlen Haury, Associate Director (6846);

  • Assists with and reviews proposal budgets prior to submitting to agencies
  • Assists with establishing University rates including indirect costs and fringe benefits
  • Allocates indirect costs recovered to Principal Investigators, Departments, and Deans

Emily McReynolds, Grant Development Coordinator (6803);

  • Conducts funding source research
  • Distributes funding opportunities information to faculty
  • Makes contacts with funding source staff
  • Secures and analyzes proposal guidelines and application materials
  • Guides securing of institutional approvals and compliance certifications
  • Copies, packages, and mails proposals
  • Serves as secretary for Faculty Support Committee, Institutional Review Board, and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  • Edits WSU Research Newsletter

Carole Robarchek, Research Development Specialist (6806);

  • Conducts funding source research
  • Distributes funding opportunities information to faculty
  • Provides multi-disciplinary project support
  • Assists with proposal development
  • Provides institutional and local statistics
  • Provides editorial consulting on proposals
  • Assists with electronic submission of proposals (contact for NSF PIN numbers)
  • ORA webmistress
  • Observer at Faculty Support Committee

John DuVall, Contract Specialist (6169);

  • Develops post award subcontracts for outside vendors, consultants, agencies and universities
  • Assists Principal Investigators internally with subcontract issues
  • Facilitates subcontract implementation

Sonia Marquardt, Compliance Specialist (6801);

  • Ensures compliance with federal export regulations
  • Develops invoices and aging reports and computes indirect costs for National Institute for Aviation contracts
  • Establishes fee structures for grant and contract work conducted in WSU labs
  • Develops proposal budgets involving laboratory usage

Linda Tedder, Fiscal Coordinator (6802);

  • Coordinates fiscal affairs relative to the management of all research grants and contracts
  • Establishes University accounts for all awards
  • Assists with re-budgeting of grant and contract funds
  • Assists with requests for extensions of time on grants and contracts
  • Assists with resolution of grant award problems
  • Supervises ORA accounting staff

Sarah Hunt, Accounting Specialist (6804);

  • Establishes University budgets for all awards
  • Processes and monitors all purchase requisitions and travel vouchers
  • Processes and monitors participant stipends, tuition and fee payments from grants and contracts

Bernie Smith, Accountant (6805);

  • Records all University cost-sharing
  • Bills funding agencies
  • Prepares financial reports on all grants

Linda Hager, Accountant III (5818);

  • Manages the of ORA payroll section
  • Prepares and authorizes all research payroll forms
  • Coordinates with project directors on grant payroll budget availability
  • Performs grant payroll analyses
  • Ensures all payroll items meet federal, state, university, and grant guidelines, rules and regulations
  • Advises project directors, chairs and deans on research releases, summer appointments, overloads, cost sharing, and student payroll information
  • Verifies and processes time and effort reporting forms

Tamara Atwater, Accountant (6847);

  • Processes and approves undergraduate and graduate student payroll
  • Processes and approves payroll for employees who are funded entirely by sponsored projects
  • Verifies and processes time and effort reporting forms
  • Performs grant payroll account analyses

Nancy Mueller, Accountant (6848);

  • Performs grant payroll account analyses
  • Maintains quarterly FAA reports
  • Verifies and processes time and effort reporting forms
  • Provides backup for members of the ORA payroll staff

Help Topics  

 

Telephone & e-mail

Funding Sources: 

 

Emily McReynolds

6803 or e-mail

 

Carole Robarchek

6806 or e-mail

 

Forms: 

 

Emily McReynolds

6803 or e-mail

 

Proposal development and editing: 

 

Carole Robarchek

6806 or e-mail

 

Compliance to grant guidelines: 

 

Emily McReynolds

6803 or e-mail

 

Budget Preparation: 

  Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail

 

Human Subjects: 

 

Emily McReynolds

6803 or e-mail

 

Compliance with Federal Export Regulations:   Sonia Marquardt 6801 or
       
NIAR invoicing, aging reports : Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail
       
NIAR indirect cost computation:   Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail
       
Fee structures for WSU lab work:   Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail
       
Budget preparation for lab fees:   Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail
       

Contracts: 

  Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail

 

David McDonald

3285 or

 

 

 

 

Subcontracts:

 

John Duvall

6169 or e-mail

 

EPSCoR: 

 

David McDonald

3285 or

 

Emily McReynolds

6803 or e-mail

 

Indirect Costs: 

  Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail

 

Fringe Benefits: 

  Karlen Haury 6846 or e-mail

 

Electronic submission of proposals:  

 

Carole Robarchek

6806 or e-mail

 

ORA Website: 

 

Carole Robarchek

6806 or e-mail

 

WSU accounts for grants and contracts: 

 

Linda Tedder

6802 or e-mail

 

Rebudgeting grants and contracts:  

 

Linda Tedder

6802 or e-mail

 

Requests for extensions of time:  

 

Linda Tedder

6802 or e-mail

 

Payroll on grants and contracts:  

 

Linda Hager

5818 or e-mail

 

Student payroll:  

 

Linda Hager

5818 or e-mail

 

 

 

 

Solely grant-funded employee payroll:

 

Tamara Atwater

6847 or

 

 

 

 

Time and effort reporting: 

 

Nancy Mueller

6848 or e-mail

 

Account balances:   Linda Hager 5818 or e-mail
       

Budget setup on new awards: 

 

Sarah Hunt

6804 or e-mail

 

Purchase requisition processing and   approval: 

 

Sarah Hunt

6804 or e-mail

 

Travel voucher processing and approval: 

 

Sarah Hunt

6804 or e-mail

 

Stipend processing and approval:  

 

Sarah Hunt

6804 or e-mail

 

Tuition and fees processing and   approval: 

 

Sarah Hunt

6804 or e-mail

 

WSU cost sharing accounts: 

 

Bernie Smith

6805 or e-mail

 

Billing of funding agencies: 

 

Bernie Smith

6805 or e-mail

 

Financial reports for all grants:  

 

Bernie Smith

6805 or e-mail

 

Dispersal of Departmentals:  

 

Bernie Smith

6805 or e-mail