Welcome

College of Sciences (COS) Research and Facilities welcomes you to our website where Faculty and Staff will find answers to many of your Pre-Award proposal preparation, Post-Award departmental and Facilities questions.

COS Pre-Award assists faculty during the proposal submission process and helps identify resources to make our researchers more competitive, including managing several internal programs.

COS Post-Award supports faculty and staff acting as a liaison with other UCF offices to ensure smooth management of grants and contracts.

COS Facilities provides support to Faculty and Staff in all areas of Facilities & Safety, including classroom and lab safety, building access, property and inventory control, space utilization, renovation, and new construction.

Thanks to our research faulty and support staff for all you do to continue pursuing excellence in research in our community and beyond in these unprecedented times.

Joshua Colwell


Dr. Joshua Colwell
Associate Dean for Research & Pegasus Professor
josh@ucf.edu

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Staff


Pre-Award

COSPreaward@ucf.edu

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Jodi Reinhart
Manager, Contracts and Grants

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Coral Gean Abel
Contracts and Grants Specialist IV

Gisela Vera

Gisela Vera
Contracts and Grants Specialist IV

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Jaime Diaz
Contracts and Grants Specialist IV

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Kimberly Santiago
Contracts and Grants Specialist IV


Post-Award

COSPostAward@ucf.edu

Venessa Nieves

Venessa G. Nieves
Post Award Manager 

Post Award Information
Facilities

COSFacilities@ucf.edu

Jennifer Steele

Jennifer Steele
Manager, Facilities Utilization

Raevaun Clarke

Raevaun Clarke
Facilities Specialist II

Announcements

Interdisciplinary Seminar: Health Research in COS November 19 on Zoom

Please join us for a virtual seminar on Health Research in the College of Sciences with presentations by Dr. Nichole Lighthall (Psychology), Dr. Ann Miller (NSCM), and Dr. Shannon Carter (Sociology) on Tuesday November 19 at 1:30 p.m. on Zoom. Details are available here.
Nov 15

Office of Research Seed Program Proposals Solicited

The Office of Research is initiating a seed program for faculty to propose for small grants to help establish a research program and strengthen proposals for external funding. Awards will be in Tier 1 (up to $12k) or Tier 2 ($15k – $50k). Proposals are due December 16, 2024, through the Office of Research InfoReady […]
Nov 04

New COS Policy on No-Due-Date Proposal Submissions

In order to reduce paperwork and effort in tracking proposals in the pre-award queue both at College of Sciences and the Office of Research, proposals that have no due date will be withdrawn from Huron if they are not submitted by six months after the initial target due date provided by the P.I. The full […]
Oct 31

DARPA 2025 Young Faculty Award Solicitation

DARPA’s new 2025 Young Faculty Award (YFA) solicitation seeks individual principal investigator abstracts and proposals across an array of technical areas representing research and development thrusts from multiple DARPA technical offices. https://sam.gov/opp/baf06d6b719f4251a9780b70095b21d5/view o Executive Summary Due Date: November 18, 2024, 4:00 p.m. o Question Submittal Closed: January 22, 2025, 4:00 p.m. o Proposal Due Date: February 5, […]
Oct 25
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