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Office of Research Administration

Welcome to the CEHD Office of Research Administration (ORA)

Originally created in January 2017, the CEHD ORA offers a wide range of pre-award and post-award support services including:

  • the review and analysis of funding opportunities and solicitation requirements
  • proposal budget development
  • budget justifications
  • current & pending support
  • internal and external proposal processing and submissions
  • new award meetings
  • compliance with federal, state, university and sponsor regulations and requirements
  • effort management
  • cost sharing
  • post award transaction processing
  • summer salary
  • budget analysis, management, projections and revisions
  • subaward management
  • monthly reconciliations
  • no-cost extensions
  • sponsor required financial reporting
  • closeouts
  • pre-audit review and approval of sponsored research expenditures
  • audits

News & Updates

Proposals and Awards Updates (Feb 2022)

New Proposal Submission Process (June 2022)

New Proposal Assistance Request (PAR) system (July 2022)

New Research Administration Management Portal (RAMP) (July 2022)

CEHD Sponsored Research Summer Salary for 9 month Faculty (April 2023)

CEHD Summer GRA Appointments (April 2023)

CEHD ORA Contact Info

Jessica Guzzo, CRA, CPRA, CFRA
Senior Director
jguzzo@gmu.edu
Pre & Post
Heather Longest, CRA
Research Administration Manager
hlongest@gmu.edu
Pre & Post
Patty Reed
Senior Grants Accountant
preed1@gmu.edu
Post-Award
Yali Guo
Senior Grants Administrator
yguo13@gmu.edu
Post-Award
Pam Ivey
Senior Research Administrator
pivey2@gmu.edu
Pre-Award
Laura Kim
Grants Administrator
lkim22@gmu.edu
Post-Award
Tracey Holder-Wallace
Grants Administrator
tholderw@gmu.edu
Aura Shahriar
Grants Administrator
ashahri@gmu.edu
Dawn Beatty
Research Administrator
dbeatty2@gmu.edu
Donna Senator
Research Administrator
dsenator@gmu.edu