Proposal Resources Contact Information:

CAHNR Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Kumar Venkitanarayanan
860-486-1957
kumar.venkitanarayanan@uconn.edu

Linda Tooke - Proposal Graphics Developer
Contact Anna Gault Galjan to arrange introductory meeting
anna.galjan@uconn.edu

Faculty Services: Office of the Vice President (OVPR) Sponsored Programs 

Faculty Services Specialist Title Email contact CAHNR Department Serviced
Holly Graham Grant and Contract Manager holly.graham@uconn.edu Lead Specialist, Natural Resources & the Environment, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
Laura Burnett Faculty Services Specialist laura.burnett@uconn.edu Agriculture and Resource Economics
Kelly Cunningham Faculty Services Specialist kelly.cunningham@uconn.edu Extension
Lynn Guerriero Faculty Services Specialist lynn.guerriero@uconn.edu Allied Health Sciences
Kathryn Hassler Faculty Services Specialist kathryn.hassler@uconn.edu Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Tyler Justice Grant and Contract Manager tyler.justice@uconn.edu Animal Sciences
Tuccoa Polk Faculty Services Specialist tuccoa.polk@uconn.edu Kinesiology
April Schenck Faculty Services Specialist april.schenck@uconn.edu Nutritional Sciences

Each department is matched with one Faculty Services Pre-Award Specialist, who will provide administrative support for grant submissions. They will help coordinate the following: 

  • Budget development 
  • Budget justification templates 
  • Completion of all internal administrative forms (IPR, Cost Sharing, etc.) 
  • Review of all proposal documents against the requirements of the sponsor’s solicitation. This includes only a compliance check of proposal artifacts, not a review of content. 
  • Application building (their our team will complete the application in WorkSpace, FastLane, etc.) 
  • Coordination with Sponsored Program Services for final review, approval, and submittal.  

Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)

Grant Management

Ann Marie White, InCHIP Grants Manager; annmarie.white@chip.uconn.edu 

         Alex Doming, Grants and Contracts Specialist; alex.doming@uconn.edu

InCHIP provides administrative support for extramural grant submissions, similar to that provided at OVPR. InCHIP requests that the proposed project fits with InCHIP’s mission statement; you will be asked to complete a short form with this declaration. Post-award, they are available to manage the grant through close-out. InCHIP can also match co-collaborators on grants of mutually similar interests. 

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE)

Business Services

Marita Decozio-Wiley 
marita.d.wiley@uconn.edu 

-or- 

Therese Brehant 
therese.brehant@uconn.edu 

CESE provides grant preparation services similar to OVPR and InCHIP. They are available to manage the financials of the grant through grant close-out.  

Hanover Research Services

To request a Hanover review of a grant proposal, or to commission a specific sponsor research report, please contact Eva Wiggins at eva.wiggins@uconn.edu.

OVPR Research Development Services

Visit the website to fill out a request for services form  -- or --

email ovpr-rds@uconn.edu