Who to Contact
General Questions
For general questions related to:
- Grants & Contracts: Assigned Department Specialist or osp@rice.edu
- Pre-Award Concierge: sparc.concierge@rice.edu, 713-348-2508
- IRB Compliance: irb@rice.edu, 713-348-3586
- IACUC Compliance: Sarah Viranda, 713-348-2342, IACUC@rice.edu
- IBC Compliance: ibc@rice.edu, 713-348-7349
- Conflicts of Interest (COI): conflicts@rice.edu
- Export Controls Compliance: exportcontrols@rice.edu
For Emergencies (Internal customers)
Note that SPARC observers University holidays and closures. Any proposal deadline should be coordinated prior to the deadline in accordance with SPARC’s 5 day rule. For emergencies related to grants & contracts or compliance contact Aaron Parvis, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects or Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, VPR for Research.
Sponsored Projects
Contacts for Grant & Contracts Questions and Issues. To determine who your departments assigned SPARC Grants & Contracts Specialist is visit Department Assignment.
Grants
- Aaron Parvis, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects, 713-348-5584
- Sabrina Feeley, Grant Specialist, 713-348-2452
- Diane Latson, Grant Specialist, 713-348-5072
- Stacy Ridling, Grant Specialist III, 713-348-6173
- C. Lee Taylor, Data Analyst, 713-348-4820
- osp@rice.edu
Contracts
- Laurie Sandel, Contracts Specialist III, 713-348-6203
- Lydia A. Tkachenko, Contracts Specialist, 713-348-3505
- Subaward Correspondence
Pre-Award Concierge
- Katie Ta, Lead Concierge Specialist, 713-348-4819
- Felix Gadi, Pre-Award Concierge Specialist, 713-348-4589
- Andrea Galindo, Pre-Award Concierge Specialist, 713-348-6184
- Gabriela Galvan, Pre-Award Concierge Specialist, 713-348-2042
- sparc.concierge@rice.edu
Research Integrity
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Amani Dotson, IRB Administrator, 713-348-2907
- Deonne McNeill, IRB Administrator, 713-348-4390
- Daniel Kirienko, IBC and IRB Administrator, 713-348-3586
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Sarah Viranda, IACUC Manager, 713-348-2342
- Lisa Mosley, IACUC Liaison, 713-348-3884
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- Daniel Kirienko, IBC and IRB Administrator, 713-348-3586
Stem Cell Research Oversight (SCRO) Committee
- Daniel Kirienko, IBC and IRB Administrator, 713-348-3586
Export Controls
- Swapna Hegde, Export Controls Analyst, 713-348-5911
- Duaine Priestley, Export Controls Analyst, 713-348-
- exportcontrols@rice.edu
Conflicts of Interest
- Gabrielle Panzo, Compliance Administrator, 713-348-3279
- conflicts@rice.edu