About the OVCR/GD
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean (OVCR/GD), located in Anthony Hall 220, is the administrative home for the following units:
- Graduate School
- Office of Research Development and Administration (ORDA)
- Center for Ecology
- Center for Integrated Research in Cognitive and Neural Sciences
- Coal Research Center
- Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
- Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center
- Meyers Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- research support facilities
The office also works closely with SIUC's other research centers to strengthen research and graduate education. It administers the University's technology transfer program through ORDA and works closely with the Southern Illinois Research Park. It offers a matching funds program for grants, a new faculty startup program, and a graduate technology awards program. (See ORDA's web site for a full listing of internal funding programs for research.) Finally, it coordinates the University's Outstanding Scholar Award.
Contacts at the Office of the Vice Chancellor:
- Dr. John A. Koropchak, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, koropcha@siu.edu, (618) 453-4526
- Linda Martin, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor, lsmartin@siu.edu, (618) 453-4526
- Paulette Patterson, Administrative Aide, plpp@siu.edu, (618) 453-4551
- Suzanne Garoian, Business Manager, sgaroian@siu.edu, (618) 453-4545
- Jesse Wilham, Office Systems Assistant, (618) 453-5289
The mailing address for the office is Anthony Hall 220, Mail Code 4344, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1265 Lincoln Dr., Carbondale, IL 62901.
