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 | Susie Lachapelle Coord, CAS Research & Outreach Email: Susie.lachapelle@uri.edu Tel: 874-5027 Carol Vetter Specialist, Grants & Contracts Email: carol.vetter@uri.edu Tel: 874-5813 Melissa DeJoseph Specialist, Grants & Contracts Email: mdejoseph@uri.edu 401-874-5910 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 | Woodi Woodring Mgr, Business/CBA Email: woodi@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 Tom Harkness SRGA, Pre-Award thomas_harkness@uri.edu Phone 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 |
College of Environment and Life Sciences | Kathleen Gray Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award) Email: Kathleen.gray@uri.edu Jane Karako Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award) Email: jane_karako@uri.edu 401-874-5632 Lois Carnevalla Specialist, Grants and Contracts (Post Award) Email: Lois_carnevalla@uri.edu 401-874-2471 Cherie Conover Mgr, Business CELS Research Op Email: Cherie_conover@uri.edu 401-874-2201 |
College of Health Sciences | Kimberly Nelson-Cartier CHS Business Manager 874-2126 kimberlynelson@uri.edu Karen Frost (Post-Award) Email: karenfrost@uri.edu Tel: 874-4224 Faith Helm (Gerontology) Email: flees@uri.edu Tel: 874-5332 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 Institute for Integrated Health and Innovation (IIHI) Refer to: https://web.uri.edu/ahc/health-institute/health-institute-proposal-form/ |
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 | 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 |