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ARTS & SCIENCES FUNDING RESOURCES

 

THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING FUNDING

Roles and Responsibilities

The purpose of this page is to introduce some of the College and University contacts in your search for funding. Other key offices involved, include: the Office of Research Compliance, the Office of Technology Transfer, and the Office of Grants Accounting. Also, you will find a start to finish overview of the funding process.




College of Arts and Sciences


Beth Trecasa, Grant and Fellowship Specialist

Provides guidance and support to individual faculty members and directors of interdisciplinary programs and centers in the College of Arts & Sciences. Consults on the development of proposals by reviewing materials, including applications and budget materials, and advises on proposal requirements, current regulations, compliance and clearance issues, and other related guidelines of the potential funding agency, the College, and the University. Works in conjunction with the OCFR and the OSPA team.

Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations


Anne Borchert,
Executive Director of Corporate Relations
Martha Gibbons, Executive Director of Foundation Relations
The OCFR Team

The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations has the university-wide responsibility to identify, develop and present projects and programs that increase corporate and foundation grant support for the University. The Office is expected to market projects and program initiatives for the College and professional schools, with particular attention to those interdisciplinary opportunities that transcend management centers and enjoy central university priority. The Office further has the responsibility to design and implement a continuum of strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of selected corporations and foundations in order to secure large scale, long term support for programs and projects that are central to campaigns in the schools and College.

Office of Sponsored Projects Administration


Eric Cottington, Director and Associate Vice-President for Research

The OSPA Team

On behalf of Case Western Reserve University, the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA) reviews and signs off on all proposals to external sponsors. All contracts with the university which involve sponsored projects are also reviewed, negotiated and executed by the OSPA. When awards are received, the OSPA generates the account information through PADS (The Proposal and Awards Database System), which transmits this information electronically to the Case accounting system. Changes to the accounts, communication with sponsors, and project close-out are also coordinated through the OSPA.