The Office of Sponsored Programs Team

VIMS' Office of Sponsored Programs (printable team) is committed to supporting faculty and staff in managing their research programs:

Leadership
Executive Director of Sponsored Programs

[[v|motley,Connie Motley]]
804-684-7027

Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs

[[v|vwoodard,Valerie Woodard]]
804-684-7003

Award Management

Responsible for all pre-award activities including proposal submission, compliance, and award actions.

List of Responsibilities
  • Search and disseminate funding opportunities/program announcements
  • Provide proposal preparation advice and assistance including budget development
  • Institutional review and approval of final proposal package
  • Prepare sponsor required proposal forms
  • Submission of proposal package through various Federal and non-federal agency systems
  • Log and update proposal information in Cayuse
  • Review and negotiate awards
  • Confirm that regulatory compliance requirements have been met
  • Prepare and issue subaward agreements
  • Log award information in Cayuse and distribute award notification
  • File management
  • Provide guidance to PIs throughout the award period
  • Review, approve and submit award action requests to sponsor
  • Manage non-financial award actions (e.x. NCE, PI Changes, etc.)
  • Review award amendments, update Cayuse and distribute award notification modification
  • Oversight of technical or progress report submissions
  • Subrecipient Risk Assessment Monitoring
Administrator Team by Section/Center
Ecosystem Health
CCRM
[[v|arwashington,Adrienne Tillman]], Senior Administrator
804-684-7798
Coastal & Ocean Processes

[[v|mjbanton,Mal Banton]], Administrator
804-684-7028

Natural Resources
ABC
MAP
[[v|meaton,Maddie Eaton]], Senior Administrator
804-684-7035
CBNERR - VA
Eastern Shore Lab
Virginia Sea Grant
[[v|vwoodard,Valerie Woodard]], Assistant Director
804-684-7003
Financial Management

Responsible for all post-award activities such as account setup, invoicing, financial reporting, and award closeout.

List of Responsibilities
  • Award Setup (Banner grant/index creation; Load budgets, File management)
  • Review and approve/deny all project expenses (i.e. salaries, travel, supplies, equipment, tuition, service centers)
  • Cost transfer approvals
  • Review and forward subaward invoices to PI for approval
  • Monthly account reconciliation
  • Subrecipient monitoring
  • Review, distribute and track PI quarterly expenditure certifications
  • Prepare and submit invoices and drawdowns
  • Monitor and pursue collections of overdue payments
  • Prepare and submit financial reports
  • Audit Management
  • Closeout awards
Financial Team by Section/Center
Leadership &
Virginia Sea Grant

[[v|cgforeman,Christie Foreman]], Senior Administrator
804-684-7026

Ecosystem Health
CCRM

[[v|arshackleford,Alyssa Shackleford]], Accountant
804-684-7042

Coastal & Ocean Processes
CBNERR - VA

[[v|golshanska,Anna Olshanska]], Accountant
804-684-7024

Natural Resources
ABC
MAP
Eastern Shore Lab
[[v|kehertzog,Katy Hertzog]], Accountant
804-684-7020
 Logistics
Sponsored Programs Specialist

[[v|baddebreaux,Benita Debreaux]]
804-684-7029

Sponsored Programs Intern
Jack Hatch