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’s lead contact for routing.
| College/Center/Department | Local Research Administration Contacts |
| College of Arts and Sciences | Susie Lachapelle * Coord, CAS Research & Outreach Email: Susie.lachapelle@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5027 Kathleen Gray Grants and Contracts Specialist Email: Kathleen.gray@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-7060 A&S Business Manager – Catherine Robinson (https://web.uri.edu/artsci/meet/catherine-robinson/) Chemistry – Cindy Sorlien (https://www.chm.uri.edu/index.php/staff/) Physics – Amy Harrington (https://web.uri.edu/physics/meet/amy-harrington/) Computer Sciences – Beth Larimer (https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/beth-larimer/) History – Leslie Dancy (https://web.uri.edu/history/meet/leslie-dancy/) Communication Studies – Sandra Baker (https://harrington.uri.edu/meet/sandra-baker/) Journalism – Cassandra O’Brien (https://harrington.uri.edu/meet/cassandra-obrien/) Languages – Chinese Flagship Program – Hu-Hsin Lee Coordinator Email:yuhsin_lee@uri.edu Office Location: Swan Hall 177 |
| College of Business | Ned Draper * Chief Business Officer Email: ned.draper@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-7406 |
| Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies | Diana Laferriere * Email:laferriere@uri.edu Tel: 401-277-5077 |
| College of Engineering | Jennifer Carey (Pre-Award) * Coord, COE/Research and Outreach Email: Jennifer_carey@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5990 Dee Cook SRGA, Post-Award (Post-Award for the following Depts: 2300,2301,2302,2303, 2308 and IEP) Email: dcook@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5419 Tom Harkness SRGA, Pre-Award thomas_harkness@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-9519 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 Woodi Woodrow (Post-Award for NIUVT) Email: woodi@uri.edu |
| College of Environment and Life Sciences | Jane Karako Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award) Email: jane_karako@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5632 Toni Fogleman * Senior Scientific Research Grant Assistant Email: toni.carreirofoglema@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-4262 Afsaneh Williston Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award) Email: afsaneh.williston@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2484 Suraji Pillai Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award) Email: suraj_pillai@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-7060 Melissa Russell Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Post-Award) Email: melissa.russell@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5012 Cherie Conover Mgr, Business CELS Research Op Email: Cherie_conover@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2201 |
| College of Health Sciences | Kimberly Nelson-Cartier CHS Business Manager Tel: 401-874-2126 kimberlynelson@uri.edu Karen Frost (Post-Award) Email: karenfrost@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-4224 Faith Helm (Gerontology) Email: flees@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5332 Kathy Meier (CHS Pre-Award and contract processing) * Email: kmeier@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2985 Terri-Lyn Hodson (IIHI Post-Award) Email: thodson@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2205 Melissa DeJoseph Post Award Specialist Email: mdejoseph@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2117 Institute for Integrated Health and Innovation (IIHI) Refer to: https://web.uri.edu/ahc/health-institute/health-institute-proposal-form/ |
| College of Nursing | Angela Gamor Research Coordinator Email: Angela.Gamor@uri.edu Anna Villa Business Manager Email: avilla@uri.edu Joanne Haworth Chief Business Officer Email: joanne.haworth@uri.edu Tel: 401-277-5193 |
| College of Pharmacy | Kelsie Bourque * Grants & Contracts Specialist kelsie.bourque@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-4083 Sara Mitkowski Business Manager saramitkowski@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-2734 April Pariseault (INBRE award) apariseault@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-9382 |
| George and Ann Ryan Institute for Neuroscience | Terry Greywolf (Business Manager) * Email:tggreywolf@uri.edu Tel: 401-874-5008 |
| Graduate School of Oceanography | GSO Research Administration and Support |