Our people
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Personnel
Melissa Nielsen
Profile of Melissa Nielsen
Director, Research Administrative/M
243 Graff Main Hall
mnielsen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
243 Graff Main Hall
mnielsen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
- Authorized organizational representative (AOR) for UWL extramural grants & subawards
- Research compliance
- Post award modifications
- Budgets for extramural grants and sponsored research contracts
- Cost sharing/matching
- UW System and WiSys grants
- Federal electronic grant system access
- Guest lectures and faculty/staff presentations on grant development
Chandra Hawkins
Profile of Chandra Hawkins
Administrative Specialist
243 Graff Main Hall
chawkins@uwlax.edu
608.785.8040
Specialty areas:
243 Graff Main Hall
chawkins@uwlax.edu
608.785.8040
Specialty areas:
- Undergraduate Research & Creativity (URC)
- URCC grants:
- Consultation
- Submission
- Budgets
- Post award modifications
- Travel set-up and reimbursements
- Event coordination
- Celebration of Research & Creativity
- Symposia: NCUR, Research in the Rotunda, System Symposium, 7 Rivers
- Community Partnership Portal
- Recordkeeping
- URCC grants:
- Faculty/staff grants
- Internal faculty/staff grants recordkeeping
- Faculty Research Grants
- Budgets
- Research & Grants Committee liaison
- Post award set-up and modifications
- Extramural grants & sponsored research contracts reporting
- Research participant incentives questions
Brittney Greeno
Profile of Brittney Greeno
Develop Specialist
243 Graff Main Hall
bgreeno@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
243 Graff Main Hall
bgreeno@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
- Grant development, review, and feedback
- Consultation
- Writing and editorial support
- Reviewing grants for alignment with sponsor guidelines
- Internal documentation requirements
- Extramural grant submission
- Finding grant funding for programs & projects
- UW System and WiSys grants
- Federal electronic grant system access
- Grant News
- Guest lectures and faculty/staff presentations on grant development
Sydni Durrstein
Profile of Sydni Durrstein
Grants/Compliance Coordinator
243 Graff Main Hall
sdurrstein@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
243 Graff Main Hall
sdurrstein@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
- Research compliance:
- Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
- Subrecipient risk assessment & monitoring
- Federal lobbying reporting
- Scientific misconduct in research (ORI reporting)
- CITI and Ethics CORE
- Grant review and approval process
- Internal grant submission (Faculty Research Grants)
- Extramural grant recordkeeping
- Finding grant funding for programs & projects
- Coordination of post award account set-up with grant accountant
- Federal electronic grant system access
- Event coordination (ORSP)
- ORSP & URC meeting requests
