Local Research Administration (LRA) provides support within the schools and centers at URI.
Local Research Administrators (LRAs) provide pre-and post-award support to investigators who engage in sponsored activities related to research, teaching, and service. They are located at Colleges and Centers to provide hands-on active day-to-day support.
While duties of LRAs may differ from College to College, generally, their responsibilities include:
- Facilitate investigator engagement with all research support offices
- Acting as point of contact with Central Administration in pre- and post-award matters
- Managing proposal preparation
- Assisting the PI in fiscal management of their research portfolio (hard and soft money)
- Promoting compliance with sponsor and URI policies.
For “Who Does What” in each phase of the research project lifecycle, please see the Roles and Responsibilities Matrix.
Research Administration at the Schools and Centers
College/Center/Department | Local Research Administration Contacts |
College of Arts and Sciences | |
College of Business | Lori Jacolucci Email: lorijac@uri.edu Tel: 874-4970 |
Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies | Diana Laferriere Email: laferriere@uri.edu Tel: 277-5077 |
College of Engineering | Jennifer Carey (Pre-Award) Email: Jennifer_carey@uri.edu Tel: 874-5990 Dee Cook (Post-Award for the following Depts: 2300,2301,2302,2303, 2308 and IEP) Email: dcook@uri.edu Tel: 874-5419 Nicole (Nikki) Larkin (Post-Award for Dept: 2306) Email: Nicole.larkin@uri.edu Jennifer (Jenna) Cragan (Post-Award for NIUVT) Email: j_cragan@uri.edu Rachel Dahl (Post-Award for NIUVT) Rachel.dahl@uri.edu |
College of Environment and Life Sciences | Kathleen Gray (Pre-Award) Email: Kathleen.gray@uri.edu |
College of Health Sciences | Karen Frost (Post-Award) Email: karenfrost@uri.edu Tel: 874-4224 Faith Helm (Gerontology) Email: flees@uri.edu Tel: 874-5332 Institute for Integrated Health and Innovation (IIHI) Refer to: https://web.uri.edu/ahc/health-institute/health-institute-proposal-form/ Kathy Meier (IIHI Pre-Award) Email: kmeier@uri.edu Tel: 874-2985 Terri-Lyn Hodson (IIHI Post-Award) Email: thodson@uri.edu Tel: 874-2205 Megan Garretson Lane (IIHI Post-Award) Email: megan_lane@uri.edu Tel: 874-9055 |
College of Nursing | Michele Swallow (Pre-Award) Email: michele.swallow@uri.edu Kerri Maurice (Post-Award) Email: kmaurice@uri.edu Suzy Winchester-Barcelos (Denise Coppa) Email: suzy_winchester@uri.edu Tel: 277-5193 |
College of Pharmacy | Woodi Woodring (Pre and Post-Award) Email: woodi@uri.edu Tel: 874-4083 Laura Bellavia (INBRE award) kbellavia@uri.edu Tel: 874-9382 |
George and Ann Ryan Institute for Neuroscience | Terry Greywolf (Business Manager) Email: tggreywolf@uri.edu Tel: 874-5008 |
Graduate School of Oceanography | GSO Research Administration and Support |