Welcome to the new SoE Office of Research & Scholarship. Comprised of SoE Grants & Sponsored Programs team members and WCER Research Admin and Communications & Marketing team members, we’re your dedicated partner in advancing impactful research and innovation. Whether preparing to submit your first grant proposal, managing a complex, multi-year study, launching contracted fee-for-service offerings, or anything in between, our team is the SoE hub for every step of your scholarly journey. Led by Associate Dean for Research Dorothy Farrar Edwards, the team provides expert guidance, resources, and collaborative services to empower principal investigators and research teams to thrive.
Together, we’re building a vibrant research culture that drives discovery, informs practice, and transforms the arts, health and education.
Pre-Award
The Pre-Award team provides information, tools and support to researchers across SoE seeking grant funding from private foundations or government agencies. We help with RFP interpretation, budget development and submitting the proposal to RSP.
Research Communications
Our Research Communications team is here to share news about the important research work in progress across the school through various channels. We support media relations, marketing, social media, graphic design, and websites, and we are an integral part of the pre-award process with our proposal editing services.
Post-Award
The Post-Award team works to ensure current funds and expenditures are properly allocated and allowable while planning for the future. The team also works closely with RSP to submit final reviews and keeps a detailed copy of the files for the archives in case of an audit by various sources.
Contracts/Fee-For-Service
The Contracts team is responsible for contract and agreement management, including negotiating, drafting, and modifying various agreement types, including fee-for-service agreements, data use agreements, confidentiality agreements, and more, for university review and approval for a wide variety of products, services and assessments.
Leadership and Administration
Dorothy Farrar-Edwards
Position title: Associate Dean for Research
Email:
dfedwards
Lauren Meyers
Position title: Sponsored Programs Divisional Administrator
Email:
lauren.meyers
Pre-Award
Post-Award
Lauren Meyers
Position title: Sponsored Programs Divisional Administrator
Email:
lauren.meyers
Research Communications
Christine Olson
Position title: Web Designer & Accessibility Specialist
Email:
christine.olson
