Office of Research and Discovery Team

Peggy collaborates with the Pre-Award Grants Manager and assists with the identification and dissemination of funding opportunities and the interpretation of sponsor guidelines. She conducts meetings with PIs as the initial point of contact to assess the specific sponsor requirements for grant/contract submissions and establishes internal submission timelines. Peggy assists PIs by helping with document preparation, collection and review, and the upload of documents to our internal eTRACS grants management system and sponsor portals. She liaises with the Office of Research Administration, sponsors, and other project partners.

Janie oversees pre-award grant activities from proposal development to submission. She helps identify, disseminate, review, and interpret funding opportunities. She works closely with PIs throughout the proposal process on the preparation of application materials that comply with federal, state, and university guidelines. Janie assists PIs with working in ECU’s electronic grants management system, eTRACS, as well as Grants.gov, Research.gov, and other sponsor portals. She initiates eTRACS routing for internal approvals and liaises with the Office of Research Administration, sponsors, external institutions, and other collaborators on the final review and submission of proposals. Additionally, she coordinates large interdisciplinary proposals with PIs internal and/or external to the university.

Gretchen works closely with the Post-Award Grant Manager and College Business Services Coordinator, and she oversees the transactional pieces of grant/contract management for the social sciences and humanities departments in Harriot College. Gretchen manages purchasing, processes financial transactions/reimbursements from grants, and monitors and reconciles grant budgets monthly. In addition, she creates forms necessary to pay personnel on grant funds, processes effort reporting for assigned departments, and assists with the grant close-out process.