About ORDA: Services and Staff
Prudence M. Rice, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Director, ORDA
Woody Hall C-206 • 618/453-4540 • fax: 618/453-8038 • orda@siu.edu
Mail Code 4709, SIUC, 900 S. Normal St., Carbondale, IL 62901
ORDA Mission Statement (PDF)
A unit of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, ORDA facilitates and promotes research and sponsored project activities on campus. (Research is defined broadly, to include research training, scholarship, and creative activities.) We are the official University agency through which faculty and staff submit external grant proposals and receive external grant awards. See below for staff contacts. We:
- help faculty find appropriate funding sources for their research.
- offer grant-related workshops to faculty and students.
- publish materials to aid researchers and publicize SIUC research.
- provide consultation on grant proposal development and budget preparation.
- review final grant proposal budgets.
- review, sign, and submit grant proposals to external agencies.
- negotiate award agreements and coordinate account set-up.
- set up subcontracts.
- handle post-award administrative matters such as budget revisions and no-cost extensions.
- administer several internal funding programs.
- administer REACH, SIUC's undergraduate research program.
- coordinate intellectual property disclosures and offer technology transfer services.
- coordinate research compliances (human subjects, animal care, etc.).
- administer centralized research support facilities.
- assist with grant audits.
- maintain a grants database and provide reports of grants activity.
We also have a FAQs page you may want to visit. The Grant & Contract Accounting section of General Accounting provides assistance with the fiscal aspects of managing grants (i.e., helping you spend your money).
| Information and Publications | |
|---|---|
| Award listings and fiscal-year grant data are posted online. | |
| Funding sources, Research Matters (monthly newsletter) | Joel Fritzler, Research Project Specialist, 453-4530, Woody C-215 |
| ORDA web site, Sponsored Project Guide, Perspectives Magazine, SIUC Research Profile; other publications (see full list) |
Marilyn Davis, Research Publications Coordinator, 453-4540, Woody C-210 |
| Proposal Submission and Grant Management | |
|
Proposal development consultation
Budget preparation consultation Final budget review Proposal signoff and submission Award negotiation and account set-up Rebudgeting No-cost extensions |
Affirmative Action, Applied Sciences, Ctr. for Rural Health, Education, Liberal Arts, Library Affairs, Mass Communication & Media Arts
Meg Martin, Research Project Specialist, 453-4538, Woody C-213 Agriculture, Business, Continuing Education, Graduate School, Law, Medicine, Student Affairs Joel Fritzler, Research Project Specialist, 453-4530, Woody C-215 Engineering Steve Banker, Research Project Specialist, 453-4540, Woody C-212 Science, Fisheries, Wildlife Ashley Cohoon, Research Project Specialist, 453-4542, Woody C-216 |
| Research Compliances | |
| Institutional approval must be obtained in advance for all projects, grant-funded or not. Also see Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Policies.) | |
| Research involving human subjects | Karen Rowland, Secretary, Human Subjects Committee, 453-4533, Woody C-214 |
| Research involving vertebrate animals | Karen Rowland, Secretary, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 453-4533, Woody C-214 |
| Research involving hazardous biological materials or recombinant DNA | Douglas Fix, Institutional Biosafety Officer, 453-7180 |
| Research involving radiological materials | Matt Barnstable, Radiation Safety Officer, 536-2015 |
| Research involving hazardous chemicals | Paul Restivo, Associate Director, Center for Environmental Health and Safety, 453-7180 |
| Research involving stem cells | Karen Rowland, Secretary, Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, 453-4533, Woody C-214 |
| Subcontracts and Audits | |
| Subcontracts
Audits Transfer of grant to or from SIUC |
Sonjie Schwartz, Research Project Specialist, 453-4541, Woody C-217 |
| Intellectual Property/Technology Transfer | |
| Invention disclosures; copyright/patent rights
Technology transfer and licensing agreements Materials transfer agreements (MTAs) Confidentiality agreements |
Jeff Myers, Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, 453-4556, Woody C-218 |
| Internal Grant Programs | |
| Faculty Seed Grants
Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants |
Applications and information: Wendy Preece, Office Systems Specialist, 453-4533, Woody C-206. Accounting questions on awards: Suzanne Garoian, 453-4545, Anthony Hall 222. |
| Matching Funds for proposal submissions | John A. Koropchak, Vice Chancellor for Research, 453-4551, Anthony Hall 220 |
| Travel Support Program | Prudence M. Rice, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Director, 453-4531, Woody C-206 |
| Undergraduate Research | |
| REACH Program: Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Awards; Undergraduate Research Forum
|
Meg Martin, Research Project Specialist, 453-4538, Woody C-213 |
| Research Support Facilities | |
| Central Research Shop | Greg Moroz, Senior Research Lab Mechanic, 453-2022, Engineering B-55 |
| Laboratory Animal Program | Joseph Scimeca, Director, 536-2346, 1062 Life Science III |
| Integrated Microscopy and Graphics Expertise (IMAGE) | John Bozzola, Director, 453-3730, 750 Communications Dr. (Call 453-3041 for computer-graphics illustration and 453-3043 for research photography, both at 476 Life Science II.) |
| Mass Spectrometry Facility | Mary Kinsel, Director, 453-6428, Neckers 103 |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility | Bill Stevens, Director, 453-6498, Neckers A-36 |