Faculty Sponsored Program Contact Guide
Use the questions below to find the right contact for each stage of proposal-to-award lifecycle. When in doubt, start at the top.
Need funding, or help finding an opportunity?
Research Development
Dr. Sandra Richardson, AVP for Research Development
sandra.richardson@howard.edu
Funding-opportunity searches and overall funding strategy.
Need help building and routing the proposal?
Your College Research Administrator (CRA)
Assembles the proposal package and enters / routes it in Cayuse.
No assigned CRA yet? Contact Lila Hurst Brooks or Duane Barlow — Lila.Hurstbrooks@howard.edu, Duane.Barlow@howard.edu
Package ready for institutional review and sponsor submission?
Pre-Award Outgoing Proposal Team
Carol Messam — cmessam@howard.edu
Khadidiatou Waye — Khadidiatou.Waye@howard.
Please email both while the team recruits two open positions.
Please note: Only SPO Pre-Award holds the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) role for Howard University. No proposal may be submitted to a sponsor — through any system or portal — until SPO Pre-Award has completed its review.
Received an award, and the Cayuse proposal was already approved?
Pre-Award Incoming Award Team
David Walker, Senior Director — David.Walker1@howard.edu
Team: Jessica Walker — Jessica.Walker@howard.edu
Contact David or copy the team; David assigns setup and completes acceptance.
Please note: Only SPO Pre-Award is authorized to accept, negotiate, or execute a sponsored award on behalf of Howard University. No other signature can bind the University on a sponsored project.
Award is active — questions on spending, management, or allowability?
Post-Award
Claevens Estiplet, Assistant Director of Post-Award (Team 1) — claevens.estriplet@howard.edu
David Walker, Senior Director Pre-Award (Team 2) — David.Walker1@howard.edu
Chelsea Gambill, Assistant Director of Post-Award (Team 3) - chelsea.gambill@howard.edu
Is a cost allowable? Contact David Walker.
Other common situations
Issuing a subaward or consultant agreement to an external partner?
Pre-Award Outgoing Subawards & Agreements
Javacia Harris — j_s_harris@howard.edu · Esther Onwuzuruike — esther.onwuzuruike@howard.edu
When Howard holds the award and is issuing an agreement out to a partner. Outgoing agreements are issued only by SPO Pre-Award, in accordance with established GRTs, the terms and conditions of the Howard award, and University policy.
Something looks wrong in how an award was recently set up or modified?
David Walker, Senior Director — David.Walker1@howard.edu
Not sure where your question belongs?
Send it to Lauren Ferrell, AVP Pre-Award via TeamsChat or email — lauren.ferrell@howard.edu — and she will route it to the right office.