Who Can Help Me?
Office of Sponsored Projects
Post Award
Sara Clabby, Assoc. Director, 401.874.6403
Holly Celico, Specialist, 401.874.5321
Heather Couture, Grant & Contract Specialist III, 401.874.6405
Lisa Cragan, Specialist, 401.874.2350
Gary Haro, Specialist, 401.874.2331
Megan Lane, Specialist, 401.874.2332
Jeanette Vaganek, Specialist, 401.874.9032
Andrea Vallette, Specialist, 401.874.6404
Elizabeth Buchanan, Associate Vice President for Research Administration, 401.874.2636
The Research Resources page
contains FORMS, Policies, Templates, Guidance, Tools, Instruction and Training Material, and other resources to support your research efforts by topic area.
Post-award staff review and approve the following transactions on Fund 500 accounts:
- Budget revision request (BRR). The BRR form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/research-admin/manage-your-grant-award/post-award-policies
- Invoice Voucher approvals. Invoice Voucher form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/controller/forms/
- Invoices against Purchase Orders (POs) (e.g., subaward invoices, consultant invoices, multiple installment vendors paid on a blanket requisition PO). If submitting an invoice, please be sure to upload the PI-approved invoice.
- Signature Authorization approvals. Form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/fsp/forms/ift/
- Accounts Payable (AP) Correction approvals. Form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/controller/forms/
- IP2 (In-House Payroll Adjustment) approvals. Form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/controller/forms/
- Internal Vendor Credit Statement approvals. Form is available at: https://web.uri.edu/controller/forms/
To submit these forms to Post-Award staff, please complete Post-Award Approval Intake Form. This Form will ask for you to upload the relevant form for review/approval. The uploaded documents must be in PDF format. Following Form submission, you will receive an email receipt.
Note that the Approval Intake Form is only for the processes listed above. Post-Award staff also approve Requisitions, Employee Action Forms, etc., which are reviewed/approved via PeopleSoft worklists.
For new awards or existing awards where the funding has been delayed by the sponsor, you may set up an account prior to receiving your award notice with appropriate approvals. Consult your department and submit a Dean’s Pledge (rev. 06-2025) and submit to Sponsored Projects using the Dean’s Pledge Intake Form. This Form will ask for you to upload the Deans Pledge Form and associated documentation for review/approval. The uploaded documents must be in PDF format. Following intake form submission, you will receive an email receipt. Detailed instructions for submitting a Deans Pledge can be found in this Deans Pledge Guidance Document
For questions on these processes, please contact your assigned post-award staff. Staff assignments are listed here: https://web.uri.edu/research-admin/post-award-college-area-contact/