Office of Research and Creative Activity Contacts
Mailing Address | Delivery Address | Phone |
Contact Us
Office of the Vice President
Colleen Fitzgerald Vice President for Research and Creative Activity 701.231.6542 colleen.fitzgerald@ndsu.edu | Amy Kain Assistant to the Vice President 701.231.6542 amy.kain@ndsu.edu |
Innovation and Economic Development
Innovation and Economic Development is composed of the Business Development Unit and Licensing. This group aims to maximize the opportunities for industry-sponsored research and licensing of intellectual property through streamlined intellectual property discussions during negotiation of sponsored research agreements and continuity for research sponsors interested in licensing technologies developed at NDSU. Contact this office at ndsu.businessdev@ndsu.edu.
VACANT | Joycelyn Lucke |
Saurabhi Satam | McKenna Tysdal |
Operations
The Operations team provides oversight for the facilities managed by RCA including the Research 1, Research 1 Addition, and Research 2 buildings. Core Research Facilities provide centralized shared university resources including instruments, labs and expertise to support research and education. Two recharge centers are operated under Research and Creative Activity: The Electron Microscopy Core (comprehensive imaging and analysis services) and the Research Operations Recharge Center (tools for materials synthesis and characterization, microfabrication, device packaging, and testing).
Aaron Reinholz Director of Research Operations | Greg Strommen Engineering Technician 701.231.5339 greg.strommen@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Microfabrication, Materials Characterization |
Fred Haring Fabrication Technician Class 10k Cleanroom Operations, MCAL 701.231.5336 frederik.haring@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Device Packaging/Assembly, Testing | Jim Bahr Senior Engineer Materials Research Operations, MCAL 701.231.5927 james.bahr@ndsu.edu MCAL Materials Synthesis, Scale-up, and Characterization |
Becky Hellman Tangen Senior Business Administrator 701.231.5872 becky.hellman@ndsu.edu | |
Electron Microscopy CoreScott Payne |
Jayma Moore |
Research Development
The mission of the Research Development unit is to enhance NDSU's ability to compete for external funding by providing resources, training, and assistance related to developing successful research programs. Activities of the research development office include announcing funding opportunities, managing the SPIN database subscription and offering training and support for users of the system, developing and coordinating grant writing workshops and professional development opportunities for faculty, communicating research results through a weekly newsletter, reports, news releases and articles, providing proposal development services including editing and review of proposals for compliance with agency requirements, assisting with the coordination and development of interdisciplinary proposals, managing internal funding programs such as travel awards and research support services, support for broader impacts, and developing proposal writing resources and tools. Contact this office at ndsu.researchdev@ndsu.edu.
Sheri Anderson Associate Vice President for Research Development | Cassie Johnson |
Fred Hudson |
Research Integrity and Compliance
Research Integrity supports Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) operations; oversees financial conflicts of interest reviews; provides veterinary animal care and consultation; and subject matter expertise on promoting research integrity and compliance with federal regulations.
Kristy Shirley Research Integrity and Compliance Manager and IRB Administrator 701.231.8995 kristy.shirley@ndsu.edu Maintenance and assessment of RIC activities, supervision of RIC administrators, oversight of the RIC budget, IRB protocol development and processing, and human subjects protections education. | Neil Dyer |
Tania Molden | Sharon May |
Amanda Wilkinson Research Integrity and Compliance Administrator, IBC & COIC 701-231-8908 amanda.wilkinson@ndsu.edu |
Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)
The Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) office is the central administrative support office under the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity unit. The office encourages and supports university faculty and staff in their pursuit of external funding to conduct research or other scholarly activity, with an emphasis on administrative functions that advance a culture of compliance with applicable regulations. SPA provides budget review and institutional signature for all external proposal submissions, manages electronic application submission processes, and negotiates awards received from external sources for sponsored program activities on behalf of the university. The office also assists in non-financial post award administration matters. Contact this office at ndsu.research@ndsu.edu.
Val Kettner Associate Vice President | Amy Scott |
Cindy Eleson | Dionna Martel |
Vicki Miller | Rebecca Sandell |
Christy Gallagher-Lein |