Who to Contact
General Questions
Office: 713-348-4820
For general questions related to:
- Grants & Contracts: Assigned Department Specialist or osp@rice.edu
- Pre-Award Administration Services: OPAS@rice.edu
For Emergencies (Internal customers)
Note that OSP and ORI observe University holidays and closures. Any proposal deadline should be coordinated prior to the deadline in accordance with OSP’s 5 day rule.
For emergencies related to grants & contracts, contact Aaron Parvis, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects. For emergencies related to research integrity, contact Mickey Stevenson, Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity.
Sponsored Projects (OSP)
Contacts for Grant & Contracts Questions and Issues. To determine who your departments assigned OSP Grants & Contracts Specialist is visit Department Assignment.
Aaron Parvis, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects, 713-348-5584
Grants
- Stacy Ridling, Assistant Director for Grants, 713-348-6173
- Sabrina Feeley, Grant Specialist, 713-348-2452
- Diane Latson, Grant Specialist, 713-348-5072
- C. Lee Taylor, Data Analyst, 713-348-4189
- osp@rice.edu
Contracts
- Laurie Sandel, Assistant Director for Contracts, 713-348-6203
- Lydia A. Tkachenko, Contracts Specialist, 713-348-3505
- Ryan Lipe, Contracts Specialist, 713-348-3490
- subawards@rice.edu
Pre-Award Administration Services
- Katie Ta, Assistant Director, Pre-Award Administration Services, 713-348-4819
- Felix Gadi, Pre-Award Specialist, 713-348-4589
- Andrea Galindo, Pre-Award Specialist, 713-348-6184
- Gabby Galvan, Pre-Award Specialist, 713-348-2373
- Katherine Alemán-Alaniz, Pre-Award Specialist, 713-348-7052
- Judy Colvin, Pre-Award Specialist, 713-348-4843
- OPAS@rice.edu
For questions about the various systems and software of OSP and ORI including Cayuse, IRBManager, COIRM and etc. contact Shel Gao, Business Systems Analyst, 713-348-3876.