Post-Award
Who We Are
The Post‑Award Team oversees all central Post‑Award functions and supports faculty and the research community throughout the entire award life cycle. Our team includes Central Research Administrators (CRAs) and Department Research Administrators (DRAs), who provide principal investigators and their staff with daily financial oversight and guidance on the administration of grants.
We manage award setup, ongoing financial administration and closeout activities. Our goal is to deliver timely, accurate and courteous service to faculty, external sponsors and University personnel. We help ensure strong fiscal management of externally funded programs and provide expertise to interpret sponsor and University requirements to maintain full compliance.
During the Post‑Award phase, the Post Award team and academic departments work together to ensure that each award is managed in accordance with the university, school and sponsor policies. Strong financial and programmatic stewardship is essential to the successful administration of sponsored projects.
Post Award management includes the following members: Principal Investigator (PI) and related team members, Central Research Administrators (CRAs) and Department Research Administrators (DRAs).
- Track the project’s daily spending
- Keep an eye on progress toward research goals
- Know the sponsor’s rules about what can be spent
- Work with the department to ensure cost‑share is completed and documented
- Prepare and the final technical report
- Award Setup: Create new award accounts, enter budgets and ensure all terms and conditions are correctly applied.
- Compliance Oversight: Interpret and enforce federal, state, sponsor and University policies from the notice of awards.
- Financial Monitoring: Review spending for allowability, allocability and reasonableness; conduct periodic financial reviews.
- Reporting: Prepare and submit official progress reports to sponsors.
- Audits & Closeouts: Assist in audit responses and coordinate formal award closeout.
- Institutional Authority: Serve as the official point of contact for sponsors on financial and administrative matters.
- Day-to-Day Award Management: Track spending, monitor budgets and help faculty understand available balances.
- Effort & Payroll Support: Assist with effort changes to include payroll costs transfers (PCTs) and salary cap documentation to support charges to the awards.
- Faculty Support: Assist PIs with interpreting award terms and preparing internal forms.
- Communication Hub: Serve as the primary point of contact for PIs and staff, relaying guidance from central administration when needed.
Award Management Process
Meet Our Team
Bridgette Larkin-PerkinsSenior Director |
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Richard YangLead Award Analyst, CRA email: Richard.Yang@unthealth.edu |
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Megan LandisSr. Post Award Analyst, CRA email: Megan.Landis@unthealth.edu |
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Lakshmi VungaralaSr. Project Support Specialist, DRA |
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Cerissa KnightProject Support Specialist, DRA email: Cerissa.Knight@unthealth.edu |
Brandon RobertsonGrant & Contract Manager, CRA |
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Britanny SteinSr. Post Award Analyst, CRA email: Brittany.Stein@unthealth.edu |
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Luis TorresPost Award Analyst, CRA email: Luis.Torres@unthealth.edu |
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Raygene LittleSr. Project Support Specialist, DRA email: Raygene.Little@unthealth.edu |
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Leticia SanchezProject Support Specialist, DRA |